[linux-audio-user] disaster day #1

[Dave Phillips]

Greetings:

  I've been having some problems with my desktop machine during and 
after booting into Planet CCRMA RH9. At first I started getting some 
kernel panics booting into the system, then I started having trouble 
during operation of the system. X would suddenly freeze shortly after I 
started it, usually after the first mouse move.

  Okay, so I don't panic because I have another drive in the same box 
running FC3, so I figure I'll just boot into that system instead and 
transfer files before everything heads south. At first everything seemed 
fine on that drive, but soon after I started using it FC3 started 
showing the same symptoms with sudden reboots and total freezes of the 
machine.

  I've been able to transfer a lot of stuff to my laptop via the local 
network, but mounting the RH9 drive is very dangerous, things can freeze 
at any moment. Alas, there's still stuff on that drive that I'd like to 
retrieve.

  So there's something wrong with the box. Can anyone point me in the 
right direction to begin troubleshooting this machine ? Could it be RAM 
? The graphics card ? Or what ?? And how can I test things on the 
hardware side, i.e., what utilities are indicated ?

  Any and all suggestions vastly appreciated.

Best,

dp