Re: Problems with new hardware
On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 10:02:28PM -0700, Karen Hanson wrote:
>
> Anyhow, what happens is that Netscape crashes a lot, and Mozilla crashes
> too. Sometimes the crash is severe enough to kill the X server, and
> sometimes the system hangs completely.
>
> Of every 10 crashes, 7 are just Netscape or Mozilla, 2 are the X server, and
> 1 is a complete system hang.
>
> I am running the Debian kernal that was on the CDs. When I try to make a
> new kernal, I can't get X to start at all.
>
> I am looking for pointers as to log files that might indicate the problem.
> It is possible that I have not set everything up exactly right for the
> motherboard and CPU chip. I am using an IWILL XA100P motherboard with an
> AMD K6-3 400 CPU, with 256MB RAM.
Nice setup! What video card are you using? What Xserver? Did you install
the netscape that came on the Debian cds or did you download it from
somewhere else?
In the mean time, you might want to make sure your video card isn't sharing
it's irq with any other devices.
--
Ray
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