f8: PC dies while using firefox

[Manish Kathuria]

On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 22:57 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:27:10 -0500
> Renich Bon Ciric <renich at woralelandia.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 13:00 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > Are they keyboard lights flashing ?
> > Nope, lights stay on, regardless of what I press. Only the ones that
> > where on, stay on, example: num lock: on, caps lock: off, scroll lock:
> > off
> 
> Ok - the kernel flashes the lights when it detects a crash that is why I
> ask.
> 
> > > Are you using the Nvidia drivers ?
> > Yes
> 
> Then you probably need to talk to Nvidia as they have source for their
> drivers and our kernel but the same is not true. If the box used to be
> reliable and isn't then I'd also see what happens if you
> 
> - boot an older kernel
> - check the box isn't overheating, fans failed etc

Overheating could be an issue with me at least. The laptop was lying in
a room with the room temperature touching 40 degree Celsius. My older
Compaq Presario Centrino has been sturdy enough to beat the Indian heat
conditions so this didn't cross my mind.

--
Manish


> Alan
>