k7-smp kernel help

[kenneth.l.armstrong at us.army.mil]

Thanks for the tip, I'll take a peak at those log files tomorrow.  Is there such thing as a kernel log somewhere?

Kenny
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Kuiken <matt.kuiken at verizon.net>
Date: Saturday, June 17, 2006 10:47 pm
Subject: Re: k7-smp kernel help

> Kenny wrote:
> > <snip>
> >>
> > Wow, I'm even more sad than before.  Just for grins and giggles 
> I 
> > tried the regular k7 kernel, and it locked up as well but I was 
> able 
> > to move the mouse.  It appears that I may have something else 
> going on 
> > here.  The only kernel that I can use that doesn't cause a 
> lockup is 
> > the regular 386 one.  Where do I begin to try and figure out 
> what's 
> > wrong?
> >
> 
> Hmm, I thought of a few more things to look at beyond the memtest 
> I 
> mentioned in my last email.  You might try looking for errors in 
> xorg.0.log, or in dmesg.  dmesg will only really help if there is 
> an 
> error that has occurred which has not locked up the system yet.  
> xorg.0.log is the log file from the previous run of xorg, so it 
> might 
> have an error message that relates to the crash.  There are a lot 
> of 
> other log files in /var/log, but I don't know which others to 
> recommend 
> looking at.  I'm pretty new to Linux myself.
> 
> -Matt
> 
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