On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:58:44 -0500, Marty wrote
(<[🔎] 4384D804.1020503@ix.netcom.com>):
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
It sounds like you may have a bad memory module.
I will run some more tests and report back if I find a hardware problem.
Regrettably, I had the same crash experience twice in the past few
weeks.
Never before that in 10 years of using PCs.
And, even more regrettably, I lack the expertise of both of the original
poster and of the follow-up adviser.
But the circumstances in which my crashes occurred were _totally_
different.
I attributed the crashes to my non-standard setup - fvwm2 XWindows Manager
and Gnome Session Manager.
So I flagged the problem with the "fvwm user group".
And was advised - "it sounds like a faulty HD".
Which is possible. But the computer is 18 months old and my
recent (repeat) crashes only started a few weeks ago.
For what it is worth, I installed Sarge (pre-release) in August 2004,
shortly after purchasing a new computer. And I purchased the new
computer because my 9-year-old computer was starting to groan and I was
attempting to forestall an unrecoverable crash :-{ .