Random System Crashes

[Marc Williams]

On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 09:32, Mike Chepesky wrote:
>  I'm new to Linux, and I've just downloaded and installed the
> Fedora
>  Core. Installation and configuration went smoothly, and I can work in
>  the GNOME environment normally. However, it seems that every 1/2 hour
>  or so, even in the middle of working on something, I get a crash. The
>  computer is still on (i.e. I can still eject the CD-ROM drive, the
>  power light is on), but my monitor turns off (as if it's gone into
>  power-saving mode) and no keystrokes or mouse clicks will revive it
>  (not even Ctrl-Alt-Del).  

Maybe a hardware problem?  What kind of machine and processor?  Are you
doing any kind of over-clocking?  Were any other OSs able to run on this
machine?

When this lock up happens, what happens when you do <Ctrl><Alt>F1?  How
about <Ctrl><Alt>Backspace?

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[Randy Kelsoe]

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Mike Chepesky wrote:

>  Hello,
>   
>  I'm new to Linux, and I've just downloaded and installed the Fedora
>  Core. Installation and configuration went smoothly, and I can work in
>  the GNOME environment normally. However, it seems that every 1/2 hour
>  or so, even in the middle of working on something, I get a crash. The
>  computer is still on (i.e. I can still eject the CD-ROM drive, the
>  power light is on), but my monitor turns off (as if it's gone into
>  power-saving mode) and no keystrokes or mouse clicks will revive it
>  (not even Ctrl-Alt-Del).
>   
>  I have the latest Linux kernel (as provided by the automatic updater),
>  and everything else works just fine. Any suggestions?? 
Can you post the output of    uname -r    ?

I had a problem with the 2.4.22-1.2140.nptl kernel with my Athlon XP and
nforce2 chipset. I looked in /var/log/messages and did not see any
errors, the monitor did not show a sync signal (like it's in suspend),
and the system was locked up hard (no response from Ctrl-Alt-F1,
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, Ctrl-Alt-Delete), and I could not ping the machine.
This happened several times within an hour and a half. Seems like it
happened when I was browsing or downloading from the network. I went
back to the -2135 kernel, and my machine has been more stable, but
recently has locked up while running a screensaver. I just upgraded to
the 2149 kernel, and disabled a lot of the screensavers, so I will wait
and see what happens. It looks like I was seeing the same problem you
were seeing when I was on the 2140 athlon kernel.

Are you using alsa drivers, or the OSS drivers that come with FC1?

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[Ben Steeves]

On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 13:46, Randy Kelsoe wrote:
>   but
>  recently has locked up while running a screensaver. I just upgraded to
>  the 2149 kernel, and disabled a lot of the screensavers, so I will wait
>  and see what happens. It looks like I was seeing the same problem you
>  were seeing when I was on the 2140 athlon kernel. 
The GL screensavers have always been buggy for me on some video cards...
I've taken to just disabling them by default.

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