[GRLUG] Browsers crash on Kubuntu

[Bob Kline]

I ran this, but the result is inconclusive
because memtest86 doesn't support
the i815 chip set in the machine.  This
is the message when I select "advanced
features."  While the test runs to some
kind of conclusion,  and no errors are
reported,  hitting ESC to reboot doesn't
then work.  The test stops at 79%, test 8,
each time - I did this with a couple of
different memories.

I have no idea how old this machine is.
The driver Linux is using is for an i810
chip set,  but from what I read,  it supports
both the i810 and i815 chip sets.

Anyway,  it's not clear to me what the
bottom line is on this since it's not possible
to run the test in a more exhaustive fashion,
nor is it clear what "i815 not supported"
actually means given that the test runs
at all.

    -Bob



On 12/7/06, Greg Folkert <greg at gregfolkert.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 04:51 -0500, 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.
> >
> > The basic question is whether anyone else
> > in the group is seeing anything like this?
> >
> > I've attached the xorg.conf file from the
> > system.  The point here is that the default
> > color depth appears to be set to 24, which
> > some people have reported on the Internet
> > cures a similar problem they are having.
> > But the xorg.conf has always been set this
> > way and doesn't help a bit.
>
> sudo su -
> apt-get install memtest86+ && update-grub
> shutdown -r now
>
>
> when the boot indicator comes up hit ESC, select memtest and let it run.
>
> Your problem sounds suspiciously like a memory error.
> --
> greg, greg at gregfolkert.net
>
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