tracking down a hard crash
Hi folks,
I'm having a problem with hard crashes on my box (sid, not quite up to
date). They seem to happen in a variety of circumstances -- the
computer locks hard in an X session (running xfce4 usually) and is
inaccessible by ssh or any other. If amarok is running at the time it
will sound as though a 1-second or shorter loop is playing; otherwise
the only indication is the disappearance of the cursor and a
nonfunctional keyboard/mouse. OTher programs that have been running &
using a fair bit of cpu at thetime of crash include firefox &
dvd::rip, as well as openoffice and audacity.
I've looked in /var/log/messages/ syslog/ and dmesg and don't see
anything special. I suppose probably whatever is causing the crash is
also failing to give me the appropriate message. What kinds of things
can I do to help identifiy the cause of the crash further?
thanks,
matt
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