Re: Debian crashes
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On Monday 26 July 2004 23:30, Frederik Dannemare wrote:
> On Monday 26 July 2004 22:49, Tim Raats wrote:
> > Alexandros Papadopoulos wrote:
> > >On Monday 26 July 2004 21:32, Tim Raats wrote:
> > >>Debian crashes on the strangest moments. Im running Sarge with
> > >> kernel 2.4.26. When im surfing the internet with Mozilla Firefox
> > >> 0.8, Debian sometimes crashes.
> > >
> > >Quick answer: Use a different version/build of Firefox.
> > >
> > >Now, are you sure the machine is "crashing"? What does that mean?
> > > Can you install the SSH server and login to it from a different
> > > machine, or ping its address, while it seems "crashed"?
> > >
> > >Sometimes a graphical application locks the keyboard and the user
> > >perceives this as a "crash", although it really isn't a system
> > > crash - it's the stupid X server not being able to accept input
> > > from the devices any more. If for example you leave some program
> > > with dynamic output (e.g. top) running in an xterm, do you still
> > > see it updating after the system becomes unresponsive?
> > >
> > >Make sure this isn't happening, try to get out of X with
> > > Ctrl-Alt-F1 and see if you can troubleshoot from there.
> > >
> > >>I dont know what the source of this problem is. Im
> > >>running KDE 3.2.3 also. Please I need help because if I want
> > >> crashes than I should install Window$ again.
> > >
> > >If instability is the only thing that annoys you in M$ products,
> > > then I agree with you; you really should.
> > >
> > >-A
> >
> > I also had this problem also with the version in unstable. I have
> > also tried ctrl-alt-F1 and it doesnt switch to tty1.
>
> but did you also try, as suggested to you, to ping the box or ssh
> into the box from another host?
btw, come to think of it. I had a problem with my kde freezing my entire
system. This was related to the fact that I had enabled Full Duplex in
the control center for my soundcard. This is often a problem with some
sound cards with poor drivers.
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