On 02/26/2011 05:33 PM, Chris Tyler wrote: > On Sat, 2011-02-26 at 18:21 +0100, Andras Simon wrote: >> My desktop machine started having random crashes last summer when >> I installed Fedora 13 (x86_64) on it. > (snip) > > A bit more information would help us make some useful suggestions -- > > What kind of hardware? (lshw can be useful here) > > What kind of crashes? > - system turns off abruptly > - system locks up from GUI but is still pingable > - system locks up and is unresponsive both locally and on the network > - gui shuts down and error messages spray all over the console > - ...? > > What's your system configuration, in particular the video configuration > (in terms of both hardware and software)? > > Any health alerts from your hardware? You mention checking temperature > and seeing nothing unusual, anything from the disk via SMART? If your > BIOS reports voltage levels, are they normal? > > Any correlation between activity and crashes? Does it happen when you're > using the machine, or away from it for a few minutes? Does it matter > what you're doing? > > -Chris > In addition, is the kernel tainted? I've found (start around the same time - last summer) that I cannot get nvidia drivers (from nvidia's website) to work on my FC13/14 machine without random crashes, however if I compile the stock kernel it's rock solid. Albert. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
