On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:09:45 -0400 "Kevin H. Hobbs" <hobbsk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 16:31 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:38:59 -0400 > > Does it crash when idle or only when you are doing something. > > It crashes in many cases, loaded, unloaded, in X, in run level 3, in run > level 1. What do you get on the console when not in X ? > I now suspect the memory, so I'm testing each stick one at a time. > Any clue why kexec and kdump don't work? Nope sorry There is a tool called memtest86 which can do serious grade memory testing and will also sometimes find cache problems as well if they are there. Worth running on the box for a day or so