Re: hang ups

[Helge Kreutzmann <kreutzm itp uni-hannover de>]

Hallo !
On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Imran Siddiq wrote:
>My newly installed alpha 1200 with redhat 6.0 hangs up after awhile if I leave
>it alone. The keyboard and mouse stop functioning. no way to start another
>console and check all I have to do is plug off. any reasons why this is
>hapening

What does /var/log/messages say last (before reboot) ?
Is the machine hooked up onto a network ? If yes, can you still telnet in?

Does someone (a pet ?) have access to the machine while your gone ?

Is there some print out on the screen ?

         Helge

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