Latest Kernel -- crash, crash, and crashes again

Nasa (nasa000@home.com)
Wed, 7 Jun 2000 14:24:58 -0600

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Hi,=20

I have been following the latest kernels for a little while and have =
noticed a real problem. Linux will crash (lock-up) for no apparent =
reason. It doesn't follow a certain pattern. It could lock up a few =
minutes after startup or a few hours. It may lockup after starting a =
program (like xmms or mtv) or it may not. The only thing I can say for =
sure it that it happens with X running. I would really like to help out =
Linux developemnt -- but I don't know how to find out what could be =
causing these lockups. So any hints on how I could do that would be =
greatly appreciated.

My system is :

Athlon 500 on an MSI motherboard
2 Harddrives (WD 9.1 and IBM 10.1)
CD-RW (philips 2x2x6)
SCSI DVD drive (10x)
Soudblaster live! Soundcard (using the opensource drivers)
CreativeLabs Annilihator video card (NVidia chipset with 32megs - =
running the latest NVidia drivers on XFree86 4.0)
PixelView TV Card
SCSI Card
Network Card (ne2000 comp)

BTW: I dual boot with Win98 and I don't see these kind of problems at =
all with Windows -- which would remove heat and hardware as potential =
problems.

Thanks=20

Nasa

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Hi,
 
I have been following the latest = kernels for a=20 little while and have noticed a real problem.  Linux will crash = (lock-up)=20 for no apparent reason.  It doesn't follow a certain pattern.  = It=20 could lock up a few minutes after startup or a few hours.  It may = lockup=20 after starting a program (like xmms or mtv) or it may not.  The = only thing=20 I can say for sure it that it happens with X running.  I would = really like=20 to help out Linux developemnt -- but I don't know how to find out what = could be=20 causing these lockups.  So any hints on how I could do that would = be=20 greatly appreciated.
 
My system is :
 
Athlon 500 on an MSI = motherboard
2 Harddrives (WD 9.1 and IBM = 10.1)
CD-RW (philips 2x2x6)
SCSI DVD drive (10x)
Soudblaster live! Soundcard (using the = opensource=20 drivers)
CreativeLabs Annilihator video card = (NVidia chipset=20 with 32megs - running the latest NVidia drivers on XFree86 = 4.0)
PixelView TV Card
SCSI Card
Network Card (ne2000 comp)
 
BTW:  I dual boot with Win98 and I = don't see=20 these kind of problems at all with Windows -- which would remove heat = and=20 hardware as potential problems.
 
Thanks
 
Nasa
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