On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 at 19:11 GMT, Thomas H. George penned: >> >> You might try booting a few times from a Knoppix CD, just to >> eliminate hardware problems. >> >> I started having similar problems a few weeks ago. I finally tried >> Knoppix, and found it froze the box also, and after some more >> diagnosis (including swapping out the processor) came to the >> conclusion that my mobo had turned south on me. But for quite a while >> I thought it was software-related; it "felt" software-related. >> >> -- Kent >> > Interesting. Looking back in my log book I find I installed a new > motherboard and cpu (Albatron KX400-8XV and Athlon XP2000) on Nov. 7th > and kernel-source-0.6.0-test9 on Nov. 9th. Installed > module-init-install on Nov. 11th as this was needed to load the ehci > module. The first note of a boot up problem was on Nov. 12th. > > Could there be a motherboard problem? I have used Albatron KX400 > series motherboards in other computers with no problems but, > interestingly, I recall seeing a message regarding an unknown > southbridge when booting up from the bbc-2.1 cd. > > Tom
It could be. I would go ahead and try the above suggestion of running Knoppix on it for a few days. If that stays stable, then it's probably the kernel. There's a reason that the 2.6 line of kernels is still called "test". If you want solid performance, you should stick to 2.4. (You meant 2.6, not 0.6, right?) -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
