From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gordon JC Pearce Subject: Re: Problems with system lockup Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:50:07 +0000 Message-ID: <1290178207.21069.25.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <189256004-1290173541-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1112465315-@bda381.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <189256004-1290173541-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1112465315-@bda381.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org 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