On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Javier Perez <pepebuho@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi > I am experiencing random lockups on my system. They started with FC10 and now I've had them about twice with FC11 > First I thought the reason was the graphical drivers, but they continued (although less frequently) when I switched down to > work at level 3 on this pc. > Usually this pc works as a data server (music, photos) for my home but I use it ocasionally to troubleshoot other pc's at home. > > My PC is a > Intel Celeron socket 370 1GHz CPU > Biostar M6VLR board > --VIA VT8601A(PLE133T) / VT82C686B chipset > -- Trident Blade 3D Core integrated video. > 2MB RAM(PC 133 MHZ) > > I think I read among the release notes that the minimum requirement with be a Pentium processor, > I am not sure if one of the optimizations for Fedora is adversely affecting my Celeron system. > Would it go away I if recompile the Kernel? > What logs should I activate to try and catch out what is exactly causing the lockups. I do not remember > any particular activity that consistently causes the lock ups. I checked out RAM with Memtest86 and it doesn't show up any trouble. > I've had random lockups due to faulty memory chips and due to an unspecified "motherboard problem" (after that I didn't bother to try and fix the machine). A graphical driver bug will most likely kill the X server, but may not affect the kernel (and level 3 operation). You can run memtest to see whether there's anything wrong with your memory. If memtest hangs as well, I'd suspect a motherboard or power supply problem. HTH, Peter -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
