From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from server1.shellworld.net ([64.39.15.178] ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AJRhW-0003CM-00 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 01:08:31 -0500 Received: from server1.shellworld.net (ldavis@localhost.shellworld.net [127.0.0.1]) by server1.shellworld.net (8.12.8/8.11.1) with ESMTP id hAB68QwO052048 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 00:08:26 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ldavis@shellworld.net) Received: from localhost (ldavis@localhost) by server1.shellworld.net (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id hAB68QdP052045 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 00:08:26 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ldavis@shellworld.net) X-Authentication-Warning: server1.shellworld.net: ldavis owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 00:08:26 -0600 (CST) From: Luke Davis To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <20031110002117.GA1222@romuald.net.eu.org> Message-ID: References: <20031110002117.GA1222@romuald.net.eu.org> Organization: "Tacticus Communications, Inc." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 06:08:31 -0000 Could it be your swapspace being corrupted? Try turning it off. What is your kernel version? I had similar problems with stuck processes, on a new compile of a 2.4.20, which had been running perfectly fine, before I compiled in speakup 1.5, and some other drivers. The system was otherwise fine, and if I ran processes under strace (strace -o /dev/null process), I had no problems. We never did figure that problem out. Luke On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, 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 > > >