Subj : Re: What's wrong with my comp?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Dan Boline
Date : Mon Aug 30 2004 11:32 pm

Pandora Xero wrote:

> Every once in a while, when in a GUI (any GUI, even MS Windoze), my
> computer will just randomly freeze. And at that point i would have no
> mouse or keyboard input, all screen activity (progress bars, page
> loading, anything) will just stop. The strange thing is that this only
> happens when a GUI is up.
> 
> So I loaded Windoze 2000 (most stable version, still doesn't compare),
> and it'll sometimes get to the GUI, or sometimes freeze when "loading"
> 
> Linux (SuSE 9.1, default kernel ver) loads up to init 3 just fine if
> dma is disabled, but it can't stay GUI for more than about 10 minutes.
> 
> Personally, i don't mind running without dma, but not having a GUI can
> be an inconvenience at times. I'm going to see if changing bios
> settings or using a different graphics card helps. any advice would
> help a lot
> 
> --Pandora Xero

As the previous poster mentioned, Please include a minimum listing of
your hardware, in this case, you should include which graphics card you
using, what MOBO you have (if you know), or what model machine you have
(if its an off the shelf model).  

-- 
Daniel Boline
Dept of Physics, Boston University

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