On Tuesday 30 March 2004 22:27, you wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 04:45:31PM -0500, Vaughn Treude wrote:
> > Thanks for the help so far. As soon as I figure out something that works
> > I'll definitely share it with the group.
>
> I wonder if it's a faulty motherboard or CPU or RAM. Did you try
> testing the memory? memtest86 is pretty good for that. You might try
> letting it run overnight, because sometimes intermittent errors are
> tough to smoke out.
Yes, I think I remember checking it a year ago when I first encountered this
problem. Besides, Mandrake 8 was extremely stable on this system - it would
run for months at a time! I'd just like to move to something newer if I
could.
I did try adding the "apm=off" parameter to the Mandrake 9.1 lilo entry, and
it may have done some good. I was surprised this morning to see that the
system was still up and running after nine hours. So maybe I had it
configured wrong in the Red Hat 9 lilo entry, or maybe it's the difference in
kernels. (Mandrake 9.1 has 2.4.21-0.13 and Red Hat 9 has 2.4.20-8. ) But I
won't trust it's fixed until I've had over 100 hours uptime.
Vaughn
>
> My next recommendation would be to go to Mandrake mailing lists, first
> the users' list, then the developers' list (assuming it's public, which
> I don't know).
>
> If you don't get anywhere there, I'd suggest the Linux kernel mailing
> list after trying the latest kernel (preferably 2.6, but 2.4 might also
> be acceptable); some boards/chipsets have bugs, so you might get a
> suggestion for a work-around or be able to help diagnose the bug in the
> first place. linux-kernel FAQ at <http://www.tux.org/lkml/> (but since
> it's so high-traffic, be careful and a quick perusal of
> <http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html> to brush up might
> be in order).
>
> Good luck.
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