Re: box freezes after upgrade to woody
On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 07:19:11PM -0500, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
> "Rudy" == Rudy Gevaert <rudy@zeus.rug.ac.be> writes:
>
> Rudy> On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 06:02:34PM -0500, Shyamal Prasad
> Rudy> wrote:
>
> >> Try the hwtools package - it has a memmxtest that some people
> >> say is pretty good at this sort of thing.
>
> Rudy> It is an pentium pro and memmxtest doesn't support that
> Rudy> (says the manual).
>
> Rudy> If I find the time I'll apt-get a new kernel (never did
> Rudy> that).
>
> Sorry. Brain fart on my part, I meant
It happens to the best :)
>
> apt-get install memtest86
>
> and
>
> apt-get install sysutils
>
> which have two memory testers. Of course,look in your system log for
> messages. If you are lucky, you might see a clue about what went wrong
> just before the crash.
I ran memtest, with the log option enabled, but after a tim my systems
froze and I couldn't find the log :(.
In what logfiles should I also look?
Cheers,
Rudy
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