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From: Marek Miller <mlm.mailing.list@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] strange system behaviour.
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 21:06:14
Message-Id: 4650D361.9000009@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] strange system behaviour. by "b.n."
1 b.n. napisa³(a):
2 > Marek Miller ha scritto:
3 >
4 >> I really don't know, what's happened: the system hangs
5 >> every 15 minutes, most of applications don't work
6 >> properly (emerge, firefox etc.) and put out <Segmentation
7 >> fault>.
8 >
9 >
10 >> Several times I catch a message on the console, but
11 >> cannot read the whole thing, because of system reboot
12 >> (It was something like: BUG cannot handle kernel NULL
13 >> pointer...)
14 >>
15 >> Does anybody suspect, what's the problem?
16 >
17 >
18 > To me, seems a lot like an hardware problem. Bad RAM or bad
19 > motherboard, possibly a hidden defect triggered by a reboot too much...
20 >
21 > Do the segfaults happen randomly or are they reproducible? (that is,
22 > if you open a given app, does it ALWAYS segfault or it OFTEN segfault?
23 > and does it happen immediately or after a random amount of time?)
24 >
25 > m.
26
27 Yes, it is a RAM defect. Is there a way to define upper limit of RAM, so
28 I can perform some back-up before
29 I take my laptop to a warranty service?
30
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