Hi there,
I am trying to run a relatively large project on my Red Hat Linux 7.2 on my
IBM ThinkPad T30 laptop (CPU: 2.0GHz, RAM: 512MB).  It freezes with display
active but I lose mouse control and keyboard control and the clock display
stops updating so I think it is pretty well frozen.
Could this be a resource limitation on my laptop?  It is able to run
successfully on another Linux box.
Any idea would be greatly appreciated.
Ross

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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:30:12 -0500, Ross typed:
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> Hi there,
> I am trying to run a relatively large project on my Red Hat Linux 7.2 on
> my IBM ThinkPad T30 laptop (CPU: 2.0GHz, RAM: 512MB).  It freezes with
> display active but I lose mouse control and keyboard control and the clock
> display stops updating so I think it is pretty well frozen. Could this be
> a resource limitation on my laptop?  It is able to run successfully on
> another Linux box.
> Any idea would be greatly appreciated. Ross


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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:30:12 -0500, Ross typed:
quote:

> Hi there,
> I am trying to run a relatively large project on my Red Hat Linux 7.2 on
> my IBM ThinkPad T30 laptop (CPU: 2.0GHz, RAM: 512MB).  It freezes with
> display active but I lose mouse control and keyboard control and the clock
> display stops updating so I think it is pretty well frozen. Could this be
> a resource limitation on my laptop?  It is able to run successfully on
> another Linux box.
> Any idea would be greatly appreciated. Ross


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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:30:12 -0500, Ross typed:
quote:

> Hi there,
> I am trying to run a relatively large project on my Red Hat Linux 7.2 on
> my IBM ThinkPad T30 laptop (CPU: 2.0GHz, RAM: 512MB).  It freezes with
> display active but I lose mouse control and keyboard control and the clock
> display stops updating so I think it is pretty well frozen. Could this be
> a resource limitation on my laptop?  It is able to run successfully on
> another Linux box.
> Any idea would be greatly appreciated. Ross


http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ibm.html


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"Ross" <Ross@nospam.com> writes:
quote:

> Hi there,
> I am trying to run a relatively large project on my Red Hat Linux 7.2 on m
y
> IBM ThinkPad T30 laptop (CPU: 2.0GHz, RAM: 512MB).  It freezes with displa
y
> active but I lose mouse control and keyboard control and the clock display
> stops updating so I think it is pretty well frozen.
> Could this be a resource limitation on my laptop?  It is able to run
> successfully on another Linux box.


What priority  is X running  with and is your  program running
with?  I know that Mandrake will automatically set the X priority very
high or very low depending on your settings, and this can lead to some
very hard to diagnose problems.  (If you get a resource hungry program
with a priortiy that is very high, and if your X server has a very low
priority,  your X  will freeze  up  due to  the fact  that it's  never
getting any time slices to work with.)

-Dan

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"Ross" <Ross@nospam.com> writes:
quote:

> Hi there,
> I am trying to run a relatively large project on my Red Hat Linux 7.2 on m
y
> IBM ThinkPad T30 laptop (CPU: 2.0GHz, RAM: 512MB).  It freezes with displa
y
> active but I lose mouse control and keyboard control and the clock display
> stops updating so I think it is pretty well frozen.
> Could this be a resource limitation on my laptop?  It is able to run
> successfully on another Linux box.


What priority  is X running  with and is your  program running
with?  I know that Mandrake will automatically set the X priority very
high or very low depending on your settings, and this can lead to some
very hard to diagnose problems.  (If you get a resource hungry program
with a priortiy that is very high, and if your X server has a very low
priority,  your X  will freeze  up  due to  the fact  that it's  never
getting any time slices to work with.)

-Dan

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"Ross" <Ross@nospam.com> writes:
quote:

> Hi there,
> I am trying to run a relatively large project on my Red Hat Linux 7.2 on m
y
> IBM ThinkPad T30 laptop (CPU: 2.0GHz, RAM: 512MB).  It freezes with displa
y
> active but I lose mouse control and keyboard control and the clock display
> stops updating so I think it is pretty well frozen.
> Could this be a resource limitation on my laptop?  It is able to run
> successfully on another Linux box.


What priority  is X running  with and is your  program running
with?  I know that Mandrake will automatically set the X priority very
high or very low depending on your settings, and this can lead to some
very hard to diagnose problems.  (If you get a resource hungry program
with a priortiy that is very high, and if your X server has a very low
priority,  your X  will freeze  up  due to  the fact  that it's  never
getting any time slices to work with.)

-Dan

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Ross wrote:
[QUOTE]
> I tried your suggestion of setting priority of the X process.
>
> My laptop still froze up after about two hours of processing on the job.
>
> Any further suggestions to find what is wrong with laptop?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ross
>
> "Dan Anderson" <dan@mathjunkies.com> wrote in message
> news:m2n09bvdql.fsf@syr-24-59-76-83.twcny.rr.com...
> 
>
> my
> 
>
> display
> 
>
> display
> 

This may sound stupid, but check your memory chips; I can't remember how
many times I've fixed machines that freeze by simply taking the memory
out, dusting it off and making sure it's plugged in properly. Heat can
make a chip that's not snugly fitted loose contact momentarily causing a
freeze.

- Dom

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I tried your suggestion of setting priority of the X process.

My laptop still froze up after about two hours of processing on the job.

Any further suggestions to find what is wrong with laptop?

Thanks,

Ross

"Dan Anderson" <dan@mathjunkies.com> wrote in message
news:m2n09bvdql.fsf@syr-24-59-76-83.twcny.rr.com...
quote:

> "Ross" <Ross@nospam.com> writes:
> 
my[QUOTE] 
display[QUOTE] 
display[QUOTE] 
>
>         What priority  is X running  with and is your  program running
> with?  I know that Mandrake will automatically set the X priority very
> high or very low depending on your settings, and this can lead to some
> very hard to diagnose problems.  (If you get a resource hungry program
> with a priortiy that is very high, and if your X server has a very low
> priority,  your X  will freeze  up  due to  the fact  that it's  never
> getting any time slices to work with.)
>
> -Dan

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Ross wrote:
[QUOTE]
> I tried your suggestion of setting priority of the X process.
>
> My laptop still froze up after about two hours of processing on the job.
>
> Any further suggestions to find what is wrong with laptop?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ross
>
> "Dan Anderson" <dan@mathjunkies.com> wrote in message
> news:m2n09bvdql.fsf@syr-24-59-76-83.twcny.rr.com...
> 
>
> my
> 
>
> display
> 
>
> display
> 

This may sound stupid, but check your memory chips; I can't remember how
many times I've fixed machines that freeze by simply taking the memory
out, dusting it off and making sure it's plugged in properly. Heat can
make a chip that's not snugly fitted loose contact momentarily causing a
freeze.

- Dom

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