computer freezing

[Mike Kallies]

On 3/17/07, jim ruxton <cinetron-uEvt2TsIf2EsA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi I'm wondering if anyone can help me figure out why my laptop keeps
> freezing. I'm running FC5. The freezing is intermittent but seems to be
> happening more often (or I'm getting less impatient) . I can't seem to
> find a pattern to it for example when using specific programs. If I am
> doing nothng and just let it run it will often freeze. I did a RAM test
> and that seems ok. Is it possible the Kernel is corrupted somehow? Below
> is my /var/log/messages . Only way I can interact with the system is
> with altSysRQ commands. This is really frustrating. Anyone have any
> ideas what I can try. When it freezes I can't even SSH into it so I
> don't think it is a problem with X windows.
> jim

Just a thought, do you have an ATI video card?

I like to blame them :-)

-Mike
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