You might also want to check and see if there is a bios / firmware update for you machine. On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 08:26 -0600, David G. Miller wrote: > yz wang wrote: > > > Hardware of my computer: Pentium 4 cpu 3.20GHz, RAM 2.00GB, Monitor NVIDIA > > GeForce FX 5600, two 80GB harddisks, one with windows and one with fc6. > > 3D desktop is off. > > It often crashes or restarts. The latest restarting occurs while only 3 web > > browsers are open. How can I solve this problem? Thanks! > I initially had some instabilities on two different systems running FC6: > > On my desktop (older dual Athlon 2400+), I had to remove the 3D > xscreensavers. The system would randomly crash X (could still ssh in > but keyboard and mouse went with X). The system has been stable ever since. > > My laptop dies with a kernel panic within 24 hours of bringing up the > wireless interface which uses ndiswrapper. The system is stable otherwise. > > Don't know if either of these fit your situation. It sounds like you > still have Windoze on your system. Is it stable running Windoze? That > would tend to rule out a hardware failure as other have suggested > although you could have some hardware that doesn't play well with Linux. > > Cheers, > Dave > > -- > Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. > -- Ambrose Bierce -- Adam Hough <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
