On Thursday 14 April 2005 04:10 pm, Justin Pryzby wrote: > On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 03:31:37PM -0500, Mr Mike wrote: > > Q) What do all these applications have in common? > > > > Konverter > > DVDRip > > acidrip > > foorip > > lxdvdrip > > > > A) Every damn one completely LOCKS up my system. > > They run anywhere from 2 or 3 minutes to almost > > an hour but they all end the same way. > > Can you confirm that the machine is not accessible from the network? > Leaving an ssh session opened to test would be the best. Seems I saw a similar comment on the net somewhere... I do have another machine that is on my LAN but fw keeps out all traffic... Guess I'll shut it down and ssh into sarge system before trying it again... > > > Is there any debian patch or glitch that I'm not aware of? I might > > suspect the application if it were just one, but ALL of them exibit the > > same behavior... > > > > Any ideas at all? > > I donno, but user programs should not be able to crash the system. Do > you know if this works under another OS (as a test of the hardware)? > > Justin Actually, sarge doesn't 'crash' it just locks up the use of the keyboard or mouse.. ctl+alt+backspace, ctl+alt+f1-f6.. nothing works so I can see whats happening let along do a graceful reboot.. This is my first DVD (xmas gift.. YES!!) so the only way to try it on my Suse sytem would be to physically remove the drive and try it on that box... a little more work than i care to get into... So I really need this groups ideas.. I'm so frustrated... :-( -- Cheers: Mike .. Now, a little humor compliments of Linux Fortune... No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement. -- Florida Scott-Maxwell
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