[ubuntu-uk] Constant crashing

[Gareth France]

I did run memtest but only for one full cycle. Also Windows XP was running
flawlessly, though full of spyware and like a snail.


On 31 May 2014 21:51, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 31 May 2014 21:46, Gareth France <gareth.france at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I doubt you'd find 2gb in a pentium 4. I'll install Lubuntu or Xubuntu
> and
> > see how that goes.
>
> You don't actually need to re-install, just install lubuntu-desktop
> and then select it from the logon screen.
>
> Run memtest for a few hours first though, if that fails then nothing will
> work.
>
> Colin
>
> >
> >
> > On 31 May 2014 21:31, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 31 May 2014 21:16, Gareth France <gareth.france at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > This Thunderbird issue is doing my head in! It now tells me I have
> >> > emails
> >> > that don't exist! I suppose asking it to run Ubuntu could be taxing
> the
> >> > hardware and causing an overheat. I'll take a look tomorrow.
> >>
> >> I have just looked back and realised this is the thread about the old
> >> PC, I don't think we know yet how much RAM it has, crashing could be
> >> caused by not enough.  If less than 1GB then no hope of running Unity
> >> I think, ideally at least 2GB.
> >>
> >> Colin
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 31 May 2014 21:11, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> On 31 May 2014 08:44, Gareth France <gareth.france at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> > Sorry for the late reply guys. For some reason as yet unexplained
> >> >> > Thunderbird decided to tell me I had unread emails but wouldn't
> >> >> > display
> >> >> > them! It's not running slowly at all, it just freezes at random
> >> >> > points
> >> >> > forcing you to power-cycle. I will be taking another look at it
> later
> >> >> > on
> >> >> > today. I may try a re-install with one of the other flavours, we'll
> >> >> > see.
> >> >>
> >> >> Do you mean that the machine is absolutely frozen?  No mouse,
> >> >> Ctrl+Alt+F1 does nothing, etc?
> >> >> Have a look in /var/log/syslog to see if there are any messages
> before
> >> >> the freeze.
> >> >> If nothing there then it could well be a hardware issue, overheating
> >> >> possibly, or PSU for example.  Try booting into memtest and leave it
> >> >> running for a few hours and see if it freezes then or shows errors.
> >> >>
> >> >> Colin
> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On 30 May 2014 15:47, Pete Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On May 30, 2014 9:57 AM, "George DiceGeorge"
> >> >> >> <dicegeorge at hotmail.com>
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > as its an older machine try xubuntu?
> >> >> >> > http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/
> >> >> >> > [g]
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > -----Original Message----- From: Gareth France Sent: Friday, 30
> >> >> >> > May,
> >> >> >> > 2014 07:07 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Constant
> >> >> >> > crashing
> >> >> >> > I recently installed Ubuntu on a friends computer as it was
> >> >> >> > running
> >> >> >> > painfully slowly with Windows. It is an older machine and
> >> >> >> > xxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > --
> >> >> >> > ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> >> >> >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> >> >> >> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On that age of machine I would consider lubuntu or xubuntu or even
> >> >> >> crunchbang (not a *buntu but Debian based lightweight Openbox os,
> >> >> >> hope
> >> >> >> I
> >> >> >> don't break any list rules straying from *buntus)
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Also look at how much RAM the machine has, it can be picked up
> for a
> >> >> >> few
> >> >> >> pounds now !
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Regards
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Pete S
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
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