KDE 3.5 Crashing

[Gemma Fletcher]

On Saturday 16 June 2007 18:54, Matthias Apitz wrote:

> > > Can you check if only X or KDE is frozen, or the system at all?
> > > Try to connect from some other host on the network.
> > > Try to do some RAM testing as well.

> > Ok my RAM is fine and dandy.  I'm not sure how to check to see if only
> > KDE is frozen.  Once is freezes I can't do anything.  Not even reset with
> > ctrl-alt-del.  And my keyboard usually goes dead <indicated by my numlock
> > light turning off>
> >
> > Its just me - so I have no other host to connect from.  I did notice
> > something
>
> You could launch some script in one of the consles (not in KDE)
> like:
>
> while true; do date >> /tmp/log ; sync ; sleep 60 ; done
>
> and when it freeze wait some fife minutes before power cycle
> and later check if the script continued while KDE was frozen;

Ok will definatley try that.

> > though that i forgot to mention- it usually only crashes if I am doing
> > some internet related activity. <Ie.Browsing, checking email, IM'ing etc>
> >  If I just do normal stuff like spreadsheeting, or developing or whatever
> > it seems to run fine.
>
> Is this with a Wifi card?

No - although I do have a WiFi card installed that I am not using - it was 
from my wireless broadband days.  Should i pull it out?
> 	matthias