From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net ([204.127.202.64]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AJ1sQ-0002Vg-00 for ; Sun, 09 Nov 2003 21:34:02 -0500 Received: from rkassenxp (pcp03933423pcs.sthind01.mo.comcast.net[68.34.141.52]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <20031110023328016007hkv1e>; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 02:33:29 +0000 From: "RK" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 20:33:24 -0600 Message-ID: <000001c3a733$04ccb0c0$6501a8c0@hrbinc.hrblock.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <20031110002117.GA1222@romuald.net.eu.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Subject: RE: my play box has turned into a paper weight X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: BlindGeek007@comcast.net, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 02:34:02 -0000 Greg... I have found that when playing with possibly broken hardware (especially CPU, memory and motherboards) that it is anyone's guess what could cause a particular problem. Have you had any power spikes that you know of? Is the CPU fan operating properly, or has is failed on you recently? I would start with the CPU fan, as it is a moving part and is most likely to fail in the first place. How old is the box? What kind of hardware is it? Be glad to offer any information I can to help. Regards, Ron -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Gregory Nowak Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 6:21 PM To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: my play box has turned into a paper weight Hi all. Well, the subject says it all. When running applications on my play box, they all end up getting segmentation faults. If they don't get segmentation faults, they apparently aren't executing, since the system sits there forever, and ever. Sometimes, I can do a ctrl+c or a ctrl+z, but other times I can't. The same thing happens when I try to halt the box. It says broadcasting message from root ... and the system is going down for system halt now ..., but that's it, the box just sits there with no activity. Sometimes when I hit ctrl+c, I get shutdown canceled, other times I don't get anything. I've also noticed that if I am logged in via ssh, and try to login via ssh again to have 2 logins going, the client connects, I get the welcome message,I'm told when my last login was, and that I have no mail, and then the second connection is just dropped. Obviously, I've got a hardware problem. However, is it the ram, or is it the cpu? I am leaning towards saying that it's the cpu at this point, but am open to other educated opinions. Thanks in advance. Greg -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup