-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 26 July 2004 23:30, Frederik Dannemare wrote: > On Monday 26 July 2004 22:49, Tim Raats wrote: > > Alexandros Papadopoulos wrote: > > >On Monday 26 July 2004 21:32, Tim Raats wrote: > > >>Debian crashes on the strangest moments. Im running Sarge with > > >> kernel 2.4.26. When im surfing the internet with Mozilla Firefox > > >> 0.8, Debian sometimes crashes. > > > > > >Quick answer: Use a different version/build of Firefox. > > > > > >Now, are you sure the machine is "crashing"? What does that mean? > > > Can you install the SSH server and login to it from a different > > > machine, or ping its address, while it seems "crashed"? > > > > > >Sometimes a graphical application locks the keyboard and the user > > >perceives this as a "crash", although it really isn't a system > > > crash - it's the stupid X server not being able to accept input > > > from the devices any more. If for example you leave some program > > > with dynamic output (e.g. top) running in an xterm, do you still > > > see it updating after the system becomes unresponsive? > > > > > >Make sure this isn't happening, try to get out of X with > > > Ctrl-Alt-F1 and see if you can troubleshoot from there. > > > > > >>I dont know what the source of this problem is. Im > > >>running KDE 3.2.3 also. Please I need help because if I want > > >> crashes than I should install Window$ again. > > > > > >If instability is the only thing that annoys you in M$ products, > > > then I agree with you; you really should. > > > > > >-A > > > > I also had this problem also with the version in unstable. I have > > also tried ctrl-alt-F1 and it doesnt switch to tty1. > > but did you also try, as suggested to you, to ping the box or ssh > into the box from another host?
btw, come to think of it. I had a problem with my kde freezing my entire system. This was related to the fact that I had enabled Full Duplex in the control center for my soundcard. This is often a problem with some sound cards with poor drivers. - -- Frederik Dannemare | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG key: search for 'dannemare' on http://pgpkeys.mit.edu Key fingerprint: BB7B 078A 0DBF 7663 180A F84A 2D25 FAD5 9C4E B5A8 http://frederik.dannemare.net | http://www.linuxworlddomination.dk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBBYSqLSX61ZxOtagRAtx3AJ93Tb7CTFewuad1JP0p0gYcVrnWHwCgnwYM TtQbBi5BFviQ1ubOm7D2iFY= =8fJe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
