On Thursday 22 December 2005 22:50, Paul M Foster wrote:
> Ken Elliott wrote:
> >>> My confuser crashes several times a day, always has, most any image
> >
> > viewer will do in within 2 or 3 minutes. (it's because I am running
> > dozens of applications,
> >
> > I suspect you have defective RAM, or another issue. My Win2K box has not
> > crashed once all year long. Ditto with my Linux boxes. My XP box did,
> > but that is clearly due to the wireless drivers.
> >
> > I'd look into it. This should not happen, no matter how many apps you
> > run.
> >
> > Ken Elliott
>
> While I agree, it sounds like there's a hardware issue, it *is* possible
> to crash a Linux machine due to load. From what I understand, a Linux
> kernel that runs out of memory (and swap) melts down in a most
> unpleasant way. This may have improved over time, but I believe there
> are still issues.
Remember, he's running a version from last century. Not current at all. I
suspected RAM first but it's always when using an image viewer.
--Steve Szmidt
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