--- James Wilkinson <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I've run smartctl and checked my drives and they are OK. > > How about your memory? (Erm -- your *computer's* memory...) > > >From the errors you're posting, either you've encountered a kernel > bug, > possibly you've got problems with the video card, or you've got dodgy > memory. The third most worrying thing about dodgy RAM is how common > it > is. . . . > > The standard way to check memory is called memtest86. I think this is > still on the Fedora install CDs and DVDs. You have to reboot to use > it > anyway (it has to check *all* the memory on the system). Boot from > the > Fedora install CD as though you were going to install Fedora, then > type > memtest86 at the very first prompt. Leave the machine on overnight. Thank you for the reply. I should have also added to my email that one of the first things I did was boot memtest86 from a floppy and run it for about an hour. I do this periodically anyway just to keep an eye on my systems. I'll fire it off for an over night run as well. > > If memtest86 turns out not to diagnose bad memory, then you should > probably try leaving it running in runlevel 3 for a day. To do this, > you > go into the grub menu as you boot, and add a " 3" (without the > quotes) > to the end of the appropriate "kernel " line. If that seems to give > you > stability, you could also try swapping over graphics cards. I'll give this a try also. > > Otherwise, please enter the error messages you quoted into > http://bugzilla.redhat.com . There's no guarantee that anyone will be > able to fix them, but they might help the kernel hackers to pin down > a > problem. > > I'd copy and paste most of the rest of this e-mail -- you've done a > pretty good job at stating what you've done so far. Add in that > you've > tried memtest86. I filed a bug a couple of days after sending my email to the list. I will add that I have run memtest86 to the bug. Thanks again for the suggestions. This sytem had been running completely stable on FC3 for the past 6 months. I hope that if this is a kernel bug, the developers get it fixed in the near future. I've converted this system to Linux only, so no more dual boot with WinXP. Lloyd > > James. > > -- > E-mail address: james | "Drums must never stop. Very bad if drums > stop." > @westexe.demon.co.uk | "Why? What will happen if the drums ever > stop?" > | "Bass solo." > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
