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Old 11-12-2009, 12:06 PM   #1
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fedora 11 is freezing to the point of powering off/on


hey all, fedora 11 is freezing to the point of powering off/on after about 10 minutes on my dual booting laptop. i also use Win7 and it doesn't freeze.any ideas to try? it appears to be updated and firefox also. i've noticed it freezes in facebook the most. but----in Win7 it never freezes in facebook. thx....

my kernel is:

2.6.30.9-96. fc11i686.PAE
gnome 2.26.3
 
Old 11-13-2009, 09:42 PM   #2
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the pae install "2.6.30.9-96. fc11i686.PAE " might have something to do with it .
dose this laptop have 4 gig's of ram . If not then it might be a mismatch with the video driver
Have you installed a driver for your chgip set ?
WHAT chip set is it ?
Code:
lspci grep | VGA
 
  


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