[wplug] Machine is locking up without a trace

[Kyle C. Knapp]

One of the most common causes of lockups that I have seen is a bad power 
supply. Sometimes they can give enough juice to keep the machine on, but not 
enough to run properly. If you have a spare that you know is good, try 
swapping it out and see if it helps. Otherwise, it comes down to testing 
each component individually as Bill suggested.

Kyle C. Knapp

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott F. Kiesling" <kiesling at pitt.edu>
To: <wplug at wplug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 1:03 PM
Subject: [wplug] Machine is locking up without a trace


> Folks I have a mysterious problem which I think is
> hardware-based but I can't find the problem. I've looked
> around but haven't a lead.
>
> Running Gentoo, Kernel 2.6.7 on a Dell Inspiron 5000 (~4.5
> years old).
>
> In short, the machine just stops. This happened first while
> running X, but it has also happened when an X session has
> not been started.
>
> I've looked in /var/log/messages and the X logs but haven't
> found anything at all.
>
> e2fsck and reiserfsck show that my fs are OK.
>
> I'd appreciate any suggestions on where to look next.
>
> And yes, I have backed things up.
>
> SFK
>
> -- 
> Scott F. Kiesling
>
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> Department of Linguistics
> University of Pittsburgh
>
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