[GRLUG] Browsers crash on Kubuntu

[Bob Kline]

Will do. I'll be checking things out
as the day wears on.

    -Bob


On 12/7/06, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you get in, check the tail end of /var/log/syslog.
>
> On 12/7/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Good point - I was suggesting a dumb terminal,
> > but this makes much more sense.  I have a
> > box running with Mandriva,  and can easily
> > try this.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >      -Bob
> >
> >
> > On 12/7/06, Roberto Villarreal <rvillarreal at mktec.com> wrote:
> > > On Thursday 07 December 2006 4:51 am, Bob Kline wrote:
> > > >  I have Kubuntu 6.10 running on a junker
> > > > I picked up at VC Tech Source last summer.
> > > > Works fine but for one highly annoying
> > > > exception.  Browsers crash.  Not just
> > > > wedge,  but cause the system to reboot.
> > > > I'd just write the machine off as a loss but
> > > > for the fact that it works fine in all other
> > > > respects.  e.g.,  it   plays DVDs fine.
> > >
> > > In addition to everyone else's suggestions, if feasible, try ssh-ing into your
> > > box after it 'crashes'.  Lately I've been having a problem where my machine
> > > seems to freeze up (and ctrl-alt-backspace, ctrl-alt-delete, changing to
> > > another virtual terminal, etc. don't work), but I am able to ssh in and
> > > witness X magically sucking up about 3GB (real + swap) of my memory...
> > > killing it remotely brings my box back to life.  I still haven't solved my
> > > problem, but if you verify that your box truly is locked versus just being
> > > unresponsive locally, it may help figuring out the problem...
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > > Roberto
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