From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp@gjcp.net>
To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Problems with system lockup
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:50:07 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1290178207.21069.25.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <189256004-1290173541-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1112465315-@bda381.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 13:32 +0000, kd1zd@rtcubed.org wrote:
> Thanks for all the responses. After reading them, I realized I've seen more crashes in the last week, when I added a usb hard drive enclosure to the system. I removed it to see igf the crashes are less frequent.
>
> Also, I do run one of thr TNCs off of a USB to serial dongle, maybe that also has something to do with it.
Shouldn't make a difference, although some USB interfaces don't drive
the RS-232 side hard enough for some older TNCs to work.
> I will at some point give the memory test a try. That may also help pinpoint if there are other things that are problems.
It's definitely worth doing sooner rather than later.
> Can any of you recommend a watchdog card?
Not really, no. If your machine keeps locking up, it's because it's
faulty. Treat the fault, not the symptom.
Gordon MM0YEQ
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2010-11-19 13:32 Problems with system lockup kd1zd
2010-11-19 14:50 ` Gordon JC Pearce [this message]
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2010-11-18 17:26 kd1zd
2010-11-18 18:42 ` Dave Platt
2010-11-18 19:13 ` Gordon JC Pearce
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