On 9/30/06, Dan Drake <dan at dandrake.org> wrote: > On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 at 01:08PM -0500, Rob Terhaar wrote: > > random lockups generally signify some sort of hardware problem. more > > specifically i'd say, check the temperature on your hardware. Is the > > fan on the video card running? is the processor fan plugged up with > > pubes? > > It's onboard video. The motherboard temp right now is 24C (75F), and > the processor is at 110F, so heat doesn't seem like a problem. > > > Also, are you using closed-source video card drivers? Try to switch to > > the open-source version of the drivers (which tend to be slower, but > > more stable) > > I don't have the "restricted" modules installed, so I'm definitely using > open source drivers. I guess I'd try running it from a text console for a while, or perhaps using the lowly vesa display driver. If it still locks up, you probably have bigger problems than buggy video card drivers. You could also try running from a live cd or two to see if you get similar results on different kernel versions / configurations. That way, you'd at least keep from hosing your filesystem when/if it crashes. Most live CDs have a "failsafe" option, as well. If that works without crashing, you can try enabling things until something breaks. That'd be a bit of a time-consuming PITA, but it's all I can think of at the moment. sm