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Old 08-04-2002, 02:34 AM   #1
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Redhat hang!


I'm using rh 7.3,and mosfet liquid theme in kde,sometimes my linux box will hang up like windows98,nothing replies,even the CapsLock key on keyboard doesn't work! And I have to press the reboot key on my computer to bring it back to life.if anybody has any ideas about what is going on with my linux box,please tell me!thanx alot!
 
Old 08-04-2002, 02:50 AM   #2
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What lastlog says?
 
Old 08-04-2002, 03:30 AM   #3
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give us some info on your hardware. Sometimes the kernel that RH puts in their packages is alergic to something and makes this kind of "weird" crashes. And since 2.4.19 is out now, I recommend you download it from www.kernel.org, compile it, install it and then boot it, .
good luck.
 
Old 08-04-2002, 03:53 AM   #4
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how to find the last log if I don't remember the time when it crashed?
 
Old 08-04-2002, 04:01 AM   #5
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celeron 566,128ram,nvidia geforce2 MX400 with 32M,creative 128pci sound card,40G IBM harddisk,samsung 700ift,realtek 8139 100/10M,via rhine 100/10M
 
Old 08-05-2002, 01:50 AM   #6
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try upgrading your kernel,
 
  


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