Re: Firefox crashes [was Re: Desktop Crashes]

2005-10-30 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ralph Katz wrote: On 10/29/2005, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Definitely hardware. Do you have another motherboard? That would be great so you can crosscheck. Mobos are not expensive BTW, I note you can get a refurbished Abit for $37. None of those packages you mention crash in Sarge. Not so fast

Re: Firefox crashes [was Re: Desktop Crashes]

2005-10-30 Thread Ralph Katz
On 10/29/2005 10:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My firefox crashes are not random. They happen consistently at the same > places when I do the same things. > > e.g. > I can visit the ebay home page but as soon as I do a search it crashes > In my webmail when I try to upload an attachment with t

Firefox crashes [was Re: Desktop Crashes]

2005-10-29 Thread debian
My firefox crashes are not random. They happen consistently at the same places when I do the same things. e.g. I can visit the ebay home page but as soon as I do a search it crashes In my webmail when I try to upload an attachment with the upload of a POST form it crashes Not always, but often dur

Re: Desktop Crashes

2005-10-29 Thread debian
Can't change the motherboard. It's a laptop. Amilo Pro. I have run SuSE 9.1 and 9.2, Fedora 3 and 4, Slackware 10.1 and Debian Sarge on this laptop. I have never had these problems before but don't want to go back to the other distros because I love the debian package management. Just today I trie

Firefox crashes [was Re: Desktop Crashes]

2005-10-29 Thread Ralph Katz
On 10/29/2005, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Definitely hardware. Do you have another motherboard? That would be > great so you can crosscheck. Mobos are not expensive BTW, I note you > can get a refurbished Abit for $37. > > None of those packages you mention crash in Sarge. Not so fast... :) Firefo

Re: Desktop Crashes

2005-10-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running sarge distro. Very happy with it. Package management is great. If I figure out what the problem is with the desktop it should be undoubtedly the best distro I have ever tried. My desktop was the default installation from base-config. No fancy package selectio

Re: Desktop Crashes

2005-10-29 Thread debian
Thanx 4 the suggestion. Here is my ~/.xsession-errors file. The repeating ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. error at the bottom seems to correlate to the problem. How could I find out what handler is missing? On /etc/gdm/PreS

Re: Desktop Crashes

2005-10-29 Thread debian
I'm running sarge distro. Very happy with it. Package management is great. If I figure out what the problem is with the desktop it should be undoubtedly the best distro I have ever tried. My desktop was the default installation from base-config. No fancy package selections. On 10/29/2005, "Hugo V

Re: Desktop Crashes

2005-10-29 Thread Maxim Vexler
On 10/29/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanx for the suggestion.I ran the memory test which ran fice times over > with no errors and passed all five times. You are welcome. Please keep your technical replay's list public :) > > I don't know how to test the cpu or MB. Is there

Re: Desktop Crashes

2005-10-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I love my new Debian distro Which? Sarge, Etch, Sid. However, I have been having serious problems with the desktop, both Gnome and KDE. Sarge and Fvwm never ever crash, ever. Check your hardware. H -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Desktop Crashes

2005-10-29 Thread Andrew Whitlock
> My first step would be to check /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog. > Look for *any* kind of error messages. With the programs like Firefox > or The GIMP, I would run those programs from a command line, so that > when they crash, you might be able to see (in the console) some clue as > to why

Re: Desktop Crashes

2005-10-29 Thread Maxim Vexler
On 10/29/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I love my new Debian distro because the package management is great. > However, I have been having serious problems with the desktop, both > Gnome and KDE. > Firefox regularly crashes during downloads or when clicking an upload > button on

Re: Desktop Crashes

2005-10-29 Thread Mitch Wiedemann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I love my new Debian distro because the package management is great. >However, I have been having serious problems with the desktop, both >Gnome and KDE. >Firefox regularly crashes during downloads or when clicking an upload >button on a html form or when encountered with

Desktop Crashes

2005-10-29 Thread debian
I love my new Debian distro because the package management is great. However, I have been having serious problems with the desktop, both Gnome and KDE. Firefox regularly crashes during downloads or when clicking an upload button on a html form or when encountered with websites like ebay, which make