On Saturday 09 February 2002 05:39 pm, you wrote: > Jay Kline <list at slushpupie.com> wrote: > > I recently upgraded to an Athlon XP 1800+, and since then have been > > having my computer just lock up from time to time. I know there is the > > "bug" (or whatever its being called) that requires the mem=nopentium > > option on boot, and I have done that. I have yet to figure out what > > triggers the lock up, other than I am always in X (but then, I am ALWAYS > > in X). There is nothing in any log files I can find- it is almost as if > > the computer were unplugged. Anyone have any hints on this? > > Do you have a relatively recent kernel (>2.4.10)? I know I had problems > with earlier ones, especially when the system ran out of memory. Do you > have a mem/swap/cpu meter going on your desktop anywhere? It might help > analyze the problem. Yes, I am running 2.4.17- I had to recompile because Athlon support wasnt in the kernel, so I decided to try the new one. Do you think I should try 2.4.9? I keep xosview up and running almost all the time, and with 512Mb of memory, I dont run out (I rarely do anything that intesnsive). The CPU is never at full throttle when it dies, I have seen it at 0%, to maybe 15%, rarely above that. Jay -- Jay Kline list at slushpupie.com http://www.slushpupie.com -- Good day to deal with people in high places; particularly lonely stewardesses.