My Debian testing install keeps locking up solid under X and it's driving me crazy. At apparantly random intervals - sometimes hours, sometimes minutes - the entire machine just comes to a screeching halt. Not even Magic SysRq can persuade it to do anything afterwards. I'm getting real tired of fsck bootups...
I used to have a problem with the Xserver dying at random on my Xinerama setup, but pulling the second graphics card (an S3) fixed that. Now I just get this hanging. Pertinent statistics: - recently 'apt-get dist-upgrade'd testing distribution, with the normal X 4.0.3 - custom compiled 2.4.7 kernel (system has been unstable with 2.4.1 onwards, although I think it might be getting worse) - Gnome 1.4 (tried both Ximian and Debian builds) - also seen instability under KDE - nothing at all useful goes to /var/log/syslog before the hang - Previous installs of Redhat 7 and Win2k on the same hardware don't seem to be affected - more system specs are available at <http://www.fscked.co.uk/stuff/hardware.html> What I've tried: - backing off my previously overclocked CPU to default speed and voltage - checked cooling (four system fans, I think it's OK) - changed from nVidia drivers to the default Xfree nv driver for my Geforce 256 - running the SuSE memtest-86 ram tester on my memory (it checked OK) Please, can anyone with any thoughts at all, no matter how tenuous, help me out here. I don't even know where to look for more problems right now. -- -=R=- print join " ",reverse split /\s+/,'hacker. Perl another Just',"\n"; Web: http://www.fscked.co.uk ICQ: 66545073
