> Clive at Rational wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My Fedora machine is still very unstable - after > I > > applied all the latest maintenance last week 15 > August > > 2005 - I'm convinced it's not a coincidence - but > I > > can't prove it. > > > > I actually found the following messages at the > end > > of /var/log/messages - that may give clue to what > is > > happening. Usuaully when the machine has a problem > - > > the windows hang or do not open or the machine > crashes > > back to command line with nothing written to the > log. > > I feel the most relevant messages are: > > > > Aug 21 16:52:27 localhost gconfd (root-2835): > SIGHUP > > received, reloading all databases > > Aug 21 16:52:27 localhost gconfd (root-2835): > Received > > signal 11, dumping core. Please report a GConf > bug. > > Signal 11 is usually bad RAM. > > Try a memory test. > > A full memtest86 will usually tell you. You'll need > to run it overnight > because if you select the full suite it can take 14 > hours or so. > > Regards, > Ed. Memtest86 worked a treat and showed up the problem immediately. Looks like it was bad memory - or badly seated memory. Thanks Clive
