Jay Kline <list at slushpupie.com> wrote: > > I recently upgraded to an Athlon XP 1800+, and since then have been having my > computer just lock up from time to time. I know there is the "bug" (or > whatever its being called) that requires the mem=nopentium option on boot, > and I have done that. I have yet to figure out what triggers the lock up, > other than I am always in X (but then, I am ALWAYS in X). There is nothing > in any log files I can find- it is almost as if the computer were unplugged. > Anyone have any hints on this? Do you have a relatively recent kernel (>2.4.10)? I know I had problems with earlier ones, especially when the system ran out of memory. Do you have a mem/swap/cpu meter going on your desktop anywhere? It might help analyze the problem. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ They're only trying to make / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ me LOOK paranoid! \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020209/d85b141e/attachment.pgp