Fedora 6 strange hangs
Andy Green
andy at warmcat.com
Tue Apr 17 18:53:43 UTC 2007
Frank Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:08:48 +0100
> Al Graziano <al.graziano at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Maybe, but I should still be able to trace it. I just want to
>> troubleshoot the problem and identify the root cause
>>
>> Any idea on what to look for/at
>
> You could boot a Freedos disk on it and start running a DOS program that loads
> the CPU and see if it the beeps/lockups/whatever happen then.
>
> If the problem continues, it's a hardware or power issue.
If it is anything like the Firefox problem on my wife's machine, it is
not hardware or power. The X session and everything else is solid for
days on end. Just Firefox terminates unexpectedly, sometimes when the
machine is not in use. Sometimes after 30 minutes sometimes after many
hours.
-Andy
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