Re: Sudden Death

Ian wrote:
> The machine on which I am typing this is an IBM Netvista (8318-31G)
> with an ATI Radeon 7000 PCI graphics card, running Ubuntu 8.04.
>
> Sometimes it runs for days or even a week without a problem - but it
> also has a tendency to freeze utterly. No response to keyboard or
> mouse, won't accept ssh, not reachable by ping, no response to Alt
> +SysRq. Nothing in /var/log/syslog. Nothing obvious the Xorg log
> either, though the most recent crashed one has this at the end
>
> Entering Restore TV
> Restore TV PLL
> Restore TVHV
> Restore TV Restarts
> Restore Timing Tables
> Restore TV standard
> Leaving Restore TV
>
> and the current one doesn't. I can't track this down to any particular
> programme - twice this week it has done it when left at the login
> screen with noone logged on.
>
> Any bright ideas? The problem seems to have started with 8.04: I never
> had this with 7.10.
>
> Ian

Similar fault here a few years ago and the outcome was an intermittent
fault on the vid card (Nvidia) changed the card and all is well...



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Ted Wager g3tpi
High Peak UK
Using Sidux Linux
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Ian Rawlings (11.07.2008 10:09)