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littlebear

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Registered: 2010-01-08

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Arch Linux Freeze and Dies

kernel: 2.6.31 - ARCH
Intel(R) Pentium (R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Load: 1.29,1.25,0.68
RAM 21%
Running Openbox as WM, same thing happens to KDE as well.
my question is where do I find the log file for system hang? ctrl alt backspace and ctrl alt f1 ... doesn't work when the computer decides to hang up, and the mouse is frozen as well, all keyboard stroke are disregarded.
One of the less serious problem is that firefox freezes temporarily when loading a new non-english website.

Last edited by littlebear (2010-01-08 21:17:14)

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lagagnon

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Re: Arch Linux Freeze and Dies

Has this behavior occurred with any other operating system on that computer? Have you tried using a Live Linux CD to see if you get similar behavior? I would try that and if you do then you definitely have a hardware fault rather than an OS problem. Try it and come back here with the results....

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litemotiv

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Re: Arch Linux Freeze and Dies

together with the above, after a reboot you can look in /var/log/kernel.log and messages.log for possible errors

does it hang during specific circumstances? for instance when running X, when surfing, after a certain time?

Last edited by litemotiv (2010-01-08 21:54:57)

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Hessiess

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Re: Arch Linux Freeze and Dies

Also try running memtest off a live CD to make sure your memory is OK.