So Unstable and driving me mad!!

[Douglas Pollard]

Mark Haney wrote:
> WipeOut wrote:
>   
>> My system is driving me nuts.. Its a fresh install of 8.10 with very 
>> little extra added..
>>
>> Firefox crashes all the time.. Thunderbird occasionally crashes.. 
>> Openoffice freezes or wrecks documents.. Printing is a nightmare with 
>> errors or not printing correctly or at all..
>>
>> I have used this exactly same hardware for 7.10 and its was fine.. About 
>> 6 months ago I started having issues with Firefox on 7.10 but on 8.10 I 
>> just seem to have issues all the time..
>>
>> So the fist thing I would like to do is make sure my hardware is good.. 
>> Are there any system stress test apps that I can easily run to make sure 
>> its not a hardware issue??
>>
>> I hope it is hardware because my faith in Linux is taking a knock and I 
>> have used it entirely for the last 8 years.. I really hope Linux isn't 
>> heading the Windows way..
>>
>> If it not hardware I don't know what my options are other than to try 
>> another distro but I really don't want to do that..
>>
>> Anyone go any suggestions?
>>
>>     
>
> Ah the joys of flakiness.  Try memtest86.  It's a good memory tester.
>
> Reseat all your hardware (video and memory are the biggest stability 
> culprits).
>
> Do a fsck on the drive too, to make sure the fs isn't funky.
>
>
>   
The right oil is the right oil, but in the event that you run out, any 
oil is better than no oil!!
                                                             Doug