Hi,
I have RedHat Linux 7.2 installed alongwith Windows 2000 on my Compaq Desktop. Every once in a while Linux freezes mysteriously and Win2K never does (to my embarrasment since I advocate Linux at my workplace). I checked the bootlogs etc for any error messages but got none. So looking for help. What info should I post that could help someone troubleshoot the problem? I suspect the NIC or the video card drivers.
TIA,
Siddhartha
siddhartha.j@netsol.co.in writes:
I have RedHat Linux 7.2 installed alongwith Windows 2000 on my Compaq Desktop. Every once in a while Linux freezes mysteriously and Win2K never does (to my embarrasment since I advocate Linux at my workplace). I checked the bootlogs etc for any error messages but got none. So looking for help. What info should I post that could help someone troubleshoot the problem? I suspect the NIC or the video card drivers.
It could be some hardware problem. The trouble with branded computers is that many times the problems they have with linux are difficult to pinpoint. You generally have to track someone having the same pc type from the same manufacturer. This is because they have custom-made components.
More often than not the specs for these hardware devices are not released. Drivers are built from the knowledge gained from reverse engineering hardware. Some driver writer misses some obscure feature and here we have mysterious hardware lockups irregularly. However post the relevant portions from the log file. Maybe we can help.
**************** Vinayak Hegde APGDST Student NCST-JUHU ****************
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 siddhartha.j@netsol.co.in wrote:
I have RedHat Linux 7.2 installed alongwith Windows 2000 on my Compaq Desktop. Every once in a while Linux freezes mysteriously and Win2K never does (to my embarrasment since I advocate Linux at my workplace). I checked the bootlogs etc for any error messages but got none. So looking for help. What info should I post that could help someone troubleshoot the problem? I suspect the NIC or the video card drivers.
Hi, Following things will help,
1. Processor, Video card, Network card model and make, Kernel version. info about any special driver configurations. 2. Portions of /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog when the system froze. /var/log/XFree86.0.log or $HOME/.xsession-errors will also be useful if system freezes in GUI mode. 3. Description of activity being performed on the system when the freezing occurs, whether in GUI mode or command line mode, whether it is repeatable. 4. Setting SysRq keys may also help to unfreeze you keyboard etc. see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt
HTH, Rajesh
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