On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 05:18:39AM -0800, Suzzanah Harker wrote: > Does anybody know anything about Linux disc utility > programs ? My system with fc3 crashes often specially > when it goes into standby mode. I want to check Do you have it doing anything special to put the whole computer to sleep, or is it the screensaver? Screensaver crashes are often due to video driver problems -- what video card (or integrated graphics) do you have? > harddisk to see if there any problem, however I think > it is more possible that the problem comes from RAM. I > am looking for any disk checking software like Norton > Disc Doctor for Windows. Can anybody help ? There's filesystem-integrity software called 'fdisk', but that'll get run automatically during startup if needed. Otherwise, disk errors would probably get noted in /var/log/messages (or, on newer systems, via the "S.M.A.R.T." hard drive monitoring mechanism). And, there's a memory checker called 'memtest86'. You can run this by booting from the install CD and typing 'memtest' at the prompt. (Or maybe memtest86 -- I don't remember offhand.) But assuming the problem is happening when your screensaver comes on, let's check that out first. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
