System Hangs

[Mark Haney]

Jesse Brent Coats wrote:
> My system freezes and neither Ctl-Alt_Backspace, nor Ctl_Alt_Printscreen
> <various keys> doesn't respond.  Windows doesn't seem to suffer the same
> trouble.  On boot, I can enter a utility that displays motherboard and
> cpu temps.  What are acceptable temps for these components.  (someone
> had suggested that my system may have been overheated.)
> I love Linux, but system freezes are unacceptable.
> 
> 

Could be the temp.  Is this a laptop?  Typically on my system I see 
between 50 and 63 degrees Centigrade.

However, I don't think this is a temp issue, it sounds to me either 
memory (memtest86 might find something) or a video card (or driver).



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Mark Haney
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