From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pc-24-151-10-129.newt1.ct.charter.com ([24.151.10.129] helo=h14me.homelinux.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AJImx-0003q8-00 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:37:31 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hAAKbSd6030892 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:37:28 -0500 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hAAKbSes030891 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:37:28 -0500 Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:37:28 -0500 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031110203728.GH30776@gmx.net> References: <20031110002117.GA1222@romuald.net.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031110002117.GA1222@romuald.net.eu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i 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: "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 20:37:31 -0000 It's hard to tell what's wrong...usually when I get a problem like this I just start swapping the parts with known working ones till I find what's wrong. If it's the ram then that's really easy: It most likely takes 72-pin simms which are really easy to get. I think 128mb of them costs like $10. I have about 32 mb worth sitting on my desk here and about another 48 or maybe even 64 in my cabinate. On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 06:21:17PM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote: > 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 -- Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?