From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 5 11: 1:22 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94E6837B401 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:01:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from himinbjorg.ttsg.com (wallstreet34.kickstartusa.com [65.105.161.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DED3543FAF for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:01:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tuc@himinbjorg.ttsg.com) Received: (from tuc@localhost) by himinbjorg.ttsg.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) id h25Ix5HQ003290; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:59:05 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from tuc) From: Tuc Message-Id: <200303051859.h25Ix5HQ003290@himinbjorg.ttsg.com> Subject: Re: still can't resolve these system reboots... help please To: wmoran@potentialtech.com (Bill Moran) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:59:05 -0500 (EST) Cc: tuc@ttsg.com (Tuc), kris@obsecurity.org (Kris Kennaway), bsdneophyte@yahoo.com (Bsd Neophyte), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3E66472D.8010407@potentialtech.com> from "Bill Moran" at Mar 05, 2003 01:51:25 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > It could be incompatible hardware (i.e. mostly compatible hardware) that > works most of the time, but occasionally causes a reboot. Meanwhile, the > vender drivers for Windows make it work perfectly there. > Its been working reliably since last May in 4.5/4.6/4.7.... Then the hard drive failed, put a fresh install, and then it was reliable until I was portupgrading X. What could the X system do so horrible that would make the screen just go black and then the splash page happen? > > Also, I've seen flakey hardware that Windows simply didn't exercise enough > to cause problems. > I know, had to throw it in. :) Winderz is here just for when STAROFFICE doesn't work right. Tuc/TTSG Internet Services, Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message