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Re: [PLUG] Laptop reboots -- Comcast or static or age?
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In an older RH release, I've had a case when i had
to pass a mem=xxM parameter to LILO (or the kernel).
the xx is just a little below what physical RAM I had.
Could be a bad ram on my laptop, or RH was seeing more
memory than it could actually use (I put like 2 or so megs
below what I really had). Perhaps worth a try.
jondz / e.pike
> On the 1st day of December in the year 2002 you wrote:
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> > Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 21:43:25 -0500 (EST)
> > From: Mitch Maltenfort <mmalten@comcast.net>
> > To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> > Cc: cgw5@po.cwru.edu, Luke Schierer <luke@redjack.ninds.nih.gov>
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> > Subject: [PLUG] Laptop reboots -- Comcast or static or age?
> >
> >
> > For the past week or so, I've had an annoying problem with my Linux
> > laptop.
> >
> > The beast occasionally reboots. Usually this happens right at log-in, but
> > now it's begun during operations in graphics mode.
> >
> > I figure there's three suspects, and any advice in tracking down which --
> > and how to fix it! -- would be appreciated.
> >
> > 1) Comcast cable modem. This is my first time using this system with
> > Comcast. It was fine with DirectTV DSL back in DC. Is it possible that
> > somehow the Comcast cable modem is triggering the problem?
> >
> > 2) Sheer age. This system, with its configuration, is about three years
> > old. Still, I had a good run with an older Tosh laptop and that still
> > seems healthy.
> >
> > 3) Static shocks. Cold weather and carpeted apartment. I grasp something
> > metal before sitting down to touch the computer, but still it gets jolted
> > occasionally. I'm skeptical this is the case, because the problem is too
> > localized. If I was screwing up my hard disk with shocks, I would expect
> > more random misbehavior.
> >
> > So what could I configure, reconfigure, reinstall, etc. to square this
> > away?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Mitch
> >
> >
> > Known oxymorons: entertainment news, youth culture, focus group.
> > Probationary: intellectual courage, organized religion, deferred gratification.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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