On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Eric Dan wrote: > On Monday, 16 January 2006 at 21:40:38 +0000, qootie wrote: > >Eric Dan wrote: > > > >>hi, > >> > >>lately i have been expering a lot of desktop freezing. Happens about > >>once a day. sometimes the mouse can be used but i can't click on > >>anything and the keyboard is dead, other times everything freezes even > >>the mouse. I can't even use ctrl-alt-backspace to quit X. have to just > >>reboot the computer. > >>i run arch 0.7.1 > >>on amd athlon xp > >> > >>anybody an idea what could be going on? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >By any chance, could that be a hardware problem? > > possible, how would i found out though?
You can use memtest86+ to check your memory. Also, if you're using kernel 2.6.15, try downgrading to 2.6.14.x I've also experienced hard freezes. I haven't really pin-point the root of the problem yet but I haven't had any freezes since downgrading to kernel 2.6.14.5-1 > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >arch mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > -- > Eric Dan > UCLA ID #103297286 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *vladuz976* > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
