How best to debug a crash?

[jim ruxton]

Hi ,
Occasionally my computer will completely lock up to the point where my
only solution is a hard reset. ie. holding in the power button. I'm
using Fedora 5. What is the best way to find out what went wrong. Also
is there an alternative to the hard reset. I try killing X and that
doesn't seem to work. It happens rarely so it is hard to find a pattern
in what causes the freeze. Any suggestions what I should do when this
happens. Hate to have to do a hard reset on a linux system : ( .
Thanks
Jim

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