Computer freeze!

[Colin Brace]

On Jan 18, 2008 9:23 PM, Ashley Benton <meggalen at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's the second time in two days that the computer completely freezes. The
> CPU is low, and I can still see that there is some activity but nothing is
> working. I can't log out(Ctrl+Alt+backspace), or pass on terminal mode
> (Ctrl+Alt+F1). Does anybody has any idea of what could cause this computer
> to freeze? Where should I look to know why this computer is freezing without
> apparent reason. When I restart it, it has difficulties to start but does it
> and everything seems to work correctly.

First, if your PC "completely freezes" then absolutely happens; not
"some activity"; nothing. This is usually the result of hardware
failure. If this is the case, take it back to where you bought it --
or a  repair shop you trust -- and ask them to test it thorougly

Ergo,if there is "some activity", then it hasn't completely stopped;
just some subsystem, such as X. Sometimes by looking in the system log
file (dmesg) you can figure out where the problem is. If X is
misbehaving, pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to a console can be a useful
strategy. To get back, press Alt-Ctrl-F7.

HTH

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  Colin Brace
  Amsterdam
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