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On 13/06/13 22:05, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 13/06/13 16:47, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: |
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>> recently my netbook got the habit of freezing sporadically. [...] |
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>> I ran a memtest a few months back and stopped it after 8 successful |
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>> passes. I might try that again as soon as I find out how¹, but I'd |
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>> think that a corrupt memory would cause something different than a full |
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>> freeze. |
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> It usually manifests in segfaults that seem to come at random. But it's |
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> still worth a shot. It's very easy. Emerge "sys-apps/memtest86+" and |
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> add this grub entry: |
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> title=Memtest86+ |
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> root (hd0,0) |
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> kernel /boot/memtest86plus/memtest.bin |
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> (Adapt the "hd0,0" of course to be the same disk as the one you're using |
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> to boot your kernel.) |
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> That's it. Now your boot menu will include a "Memtest86+" option. This |
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> is for grub 1 though. If you migrated to grub 2 by now, then I don't |
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> know how that boot entry would look like. I suspect it will be some |
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> 300-line monstrosity or something :-| |
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Temperature? - check for dust puppies clogging the heatsinks, cooling etc. |
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BillK |