The first thing would be to check your logfiles
cd /var/log
less XFree86.0.log
less messages
less syslog
less debug
In each of those <shift><g> to get to the end...
If there's *nothing* suspicious I'd start thinking
about looking for faulty hardware, namely RAM
... another possibility would be that your HDD
is acting up somehow (which makes the "only
in X" part seem a bit odd, though)
Check whether the IDE chipset is recognized
properly, if unsure, check with hdparm /dev/hda
what settings it's using, read man hdparm and
set "potentially dangerous settings" back to more
conservative values.
Cheers,
Tink
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