BartlebyScrivener wrote:
Hello.
I moved from Windows XP to Debian Etch about a year ago. Rock solid
until recently. I apply all updates via synaptic. Recently added the
unofficial and multimedia repositories to my sources to get mplayer
and a few others.
I don't mean to suggest that this is causing my recent problem. It's
just the only thing I can think of. In the last week I have had two
complete lockups, which force me to power off.
I doubt you'll find much in the log files, but take a look in /var/logs.
You can "tail -50 syslog", etc for whatever logs you want to take a
quick look at.
You can also install and run memtest86 for a general test of your system
RAM; you might want to check the temperature of your CPU/system. You
might want to try a different browser/office suite/whatever for a day or
two. You might want to try a different window manager/environment for a
day or two. Etc.
Also, when it locks up, is it REALLY locking up? Can you switch to a VT
(Ctrl-Alt-F2, etc)? Do the CAPSLOCK and/or NumLOCK lights toggle when
you press the corresponding key? Can you ssh in from another box?
--
Kent
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