Re: troubleshoot lockups
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 06:01:03AM -0800, BartlebyScrivener wrote:
> I moved from Windows XP to Debian Etch about a year ago. Rock solid
> until recently. I apply all updates via synaptic. Recently added the
> unofficial and multimedia repositories to my sources to get mplayer
> and a few others.
I have the debian-multimedia.org repository, but what is the unofficial
one?
>
> I don't mean to suggest that this is causing my recent problem. It's
> just the only thing I can think of. In the last week I have had two
> complete lockups, which force me to power off.
>
> What log file do I look at on my system to get a clue for the source
> of the problem?
>
/var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages
> I ran Aptitude and discovered one conflict between Cupsys and lpr. I
> applied the recommended fixes.
>
on my Etch system, lpr only conflicts with suidmanager < 0.50. Cupsys
only conflicts with cupsys-pstoraster < 2. Then again, I use lpr and I
don't run CUPS. I only have libcupsys2 installed because kdelibs4c2a
depends on it.
What print spooler do you use and what cups packages do you have
installed?
> Any other trouble shooting tips appreciated.
Read the logs to start.
Doug.
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