On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 08:25, Paul wrote: > Hi, > > > 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 > > harddisk to see if there any problem, however I think > > it is more possible that the problem comes from RAM. > > The hard drive is normally checked on boot up. What you can do to force > this is to just switch off and switch back on. When the system boots, it > will inform you of a premature shut down and ask if you want to check > the drive. Say yes then. > fsck will do a physical check on drives while memtest86 will do a memory > test (it can take ages though) It would be better to boot from the rescue CD and run fsck on the hard drive partitions. While ext3 journaling is pretty good and so far I have not had any problems I would not want to temp fate when it is not necessary. If by standby you mean the screen saver kicks in try disabling all the GL type screen savers. That has been a known problem for some time. Hopefully at some point they will exclude those screen savers due to these problems. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx Humor in the Court: Q: What is your relationship with the plaintiff? A: She is my daughter. Q: Was she your daughter on February 13, 1979?
