<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.12.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 14:18 +0100, andylockran wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 <A HREF="mailto:matt@mattjones.me.uk">matt@mattjones.me.uk</A> wrote: > Are you sure this isn't a hardware issue? Could it be overheating/a > drive DOA? What components are you using, as there may be issues > relating to drivers that are causing the instability. > > As to the Installing Ubuntu like Gentoo thing I have absolutely no > idea, but I suspect not. > Mj > Quoting Farran <<A HREF="mailto:fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com">fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com</A>>: > >> hi everyone >> >>> been having LOTS of issues with my newly built pc - runs smoothly most >>> of the time, but does really random things: freezes for no reason, >>> compiz dying for no visible reason etc, and it's taken to booting up >>> in just under 10 minutes if I'm lucky. 4-core processor, 2GB ram, 1GB >>> graphics memory etc - not something I'd expect to happen on a system >>> of that spec. Or am I just being naive and expecting too much? :P >>> Anyway, I was wondering if it's possible to install ubuntu from >>> source, like you would with gentoo (I think that's right), where every >>> package installs itself to work with your hardware perfectly... or >>> does that completely defy the idea of ubuntu? >>> >>> Thanks :D >>> >>> =============================== >>> Farran Lee >>> I'm only 15 :P > > > > Your best bet would probably be to installer ubuntu-server, then install the packages manually for a _similar_ method to gentoo... but I don't really see much point. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <A HREF="http://enigmail.mozdev.org">http://enigmail.mozdev.org</A> iD8DBQFIB04mauMjEM4rxIQRAo9xAJ4tKtuUugSI78C7aw5V5dEmQT/fsgCfco1i kvpDR8gnylijYvQnFfs+r8Q= =DMEm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Matt: there's the possibilty that there's a problem with the ram - one chip was bad, so I can't even use it, but the other might be damaged a bit too (don't know if that's posisble <IMG SRC="cid:1208438671.3722.32.camel@debianbella" ALIGN="middle" ALT=":/" BORDER="0">). During bootup, shutdown, hibernate, suspend and resume from either of those, it dumps data - in the syslog it says it did that for the best part of 8 minutes. The graphics card thermometer says it's fine, peaking at 50 degrees, which I guess is alright? Don't think I've got a processor thermometer, or at least not one that it recognises. Andy: no, I can't see the point in that either, as I'd just end up with the same thing wouldn't I? Just wondered if there was a process similar that I could use, as I'm pretty sure the hardware is alright (apart from the ram). Cheers <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> =============================== Farran Lee I'm only 15 <IMG SRC="cid:1208438911.3722.37.camel@debianbella" ALIGN="bottom" ALT=":-P" BORDER="0"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>