Re: Linux: "totally random lockups" XP: "never locks up"

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:12:00 -0500, DFS wrote:

> "I have just started experiencing totally random lockups. It's locked up so
> bad I can't even cnt-alt-f1 to a tty. The keyboard does nothing. I can
> wiggle the mouse around for a while then eventually it stops working too.
> Nothing in the logs looks amiss. This has been happening for 3 days now.
>
> This is on a feisty install that's been stable for 6 months. I dual-boot to
> XP, XP never locks up. So I don't think it's hardware."
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....=freeze&page=13

It's Linux, specifically Ubuntu.

They have about 70 pages on the site about Ubuntu locking up.

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My Copy Of Ubuntu Server Edition Never Locks Up, Just FYI.
They Probably Have Badly Burned CD' And/Or DVD's, Just FYI.
Try Running A CD-Rom Disk Integrity Check At Boot, Just FYI.

That is because you don't do anything with your computer so it can't lock
up.

All you do is install Ubuntu. Install Windows 2008 Server. Install Windows
Vista. Install Vista SP1, Install Ubuntu.

Rinse and Repeat.

There is no possible way that your computer can lock up. No possible way.
You just can't and don't do anything with your computers.

Just FYI

Oh yea, this post is for informational purposes so we put Just FYI
everywhere so people know that the information is for their reading. Just
FYI

Just FYI


"kevpan815" <kevpan815@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:763F63A2-B921-4F95-80C9-05966BAECE9A@microsoft.com...
> My Copy Of Ubuntu Server Edition Never Locks Up, Just FYI.
> They Probably Have Badly Burned CD' And/Or DVD's, Just FYI.
> Try Running A CD-Rom Disk Integrity Check At Boot, Just FYI.

In article <13uu1tjbvgug1eb@news.supernews.com>,
El Tux <nope@spamsucks.invalid> wrote:


> Any time I encounter random lockups in Linux, my first suspicion is bad
> RAM or hard drive, and my second is a bad DSDT (see below).

That's true for any Computer, regardless of OS.

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:28:48 -0400, Bob Campbell wrote:

> In article <13uu1tjbvgug1eb@news.supernews.com>,
> El Tux <nope@spamsucks.invalid> wrote:
>
>
>> Any time I encounter random lockups in Linux, my first suspicion is bad
>> RAM or hard drive, and my second is a bad DSDT (see below).
>
> That's true for any Computer, regardless of OS.

Of course, but the OP said it doesn't happen with Windows.

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In article <1m0hd43tn8ktf$.1fyfseu3yewho.dlg@40tude.net>,
Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:28:48 -0400, Bob Campbell wrote:
>
> > In article <13uu1tjbvgug1eb@news.supernews.com>,
> > El Tux <nope@spamsucks.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Any time I encounter random lockups in Linux, my first suspicion is bad
> >> RAM or hard drive, and my second is a bad DSDT (see below).
> >
> > That's true for any Computer, regardless of OS.
>
> Of course, but the OP said it doesn't happen with Windows.

Well, it may not happen to him, but it can happen with any computer.

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:35:45 -0400, Bob Campbell wrote:

> In article <1m0hd43tn8ktf$.1fyfseu3yewho.dlg@40tude.net>,
> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:28:48 -0400, Bob Campbell wrote:
>>
>>> In article <13uu1tjbvgug1eb@news.supernews.com>,
>>> El Tux <nope@spamsucks.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Any time I encounter random lockups in Linux, my first suspicion is bad
>>>> RAM or hard drive, and my second is a bad DSDT (see below).
>>>
>>> That's true for any Computer, regardless of OS.
>>
>> Of course, but the OP said it doesn't happen with Windows.
>
> Well, it may not happen to him, but it can happen with any computer.

True but if it doesn't happen with an alternate OS chances are good it
isn't a hardware problem.
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Moshe Goldfarb
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Lookout wrote:

> I've been running the same XP OS for over 3 years and not one lock up.

You must hold the record.

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