[Tfug] Persistent Linux and X Crashes. How to track down?

[Chad Woolley]

Nvidia, not sure of the manufacturers.  However, there are FOUR video
cards in it (lower end TNT2), for my 4 monitors.  Guess that could be
contributing to the heat problem, huh <blush>?  I've got some
Dual-Head cards, but I could never get my xorg conf to work right for
the second display (always just showed the same on both).

Also, I've noticed X performance degrades a lot when you have 4
displays :).  But, windows does as well.  Maybe high-end cards would
work, but there's not many high-end PCI video cards, and not much
extra money in my budget for video cards.

-- Chad

On 8/2/06, Bowie J. Poag <bpoag at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Let me guess. ATI graphics card?
>
>
>
> Chad Woolley wrote:
>
> >It was crashed again this morning.
> >
> >You know, I do think it might be heat.  That has some correlation with
> >the crashes.  My "office" is the storeroom out back, so I keep it cool
> >during the day (window AC), but it gets hot at night (with 3 computers
> >on 24/7).  All fans work.  I have a huge CPU fan, multiple case fans,
> >and was very careful with my thermal paste, but it could be another
> >component besides the CPU.
> >
> >I have had the cover off the box for most of the past year, but
> >coincidentally I just put it back on last week, and the crashes DO
> >seem to have increased (last 2 mornings, whereas I made it for weeks
> >of uptime in the winter-fall).
> >
> >I guess I'll take the cover back off, and point a clip-on fan at the
> >motherboard, and see if that helps.
> >
> >Do any of you know if there's a relatively cheap product that has
> >temparature sensors to capture data, and plugs into a usb/serial port?
> > Then I can do trend analysis on the actual temparatures of various
> >components, and see if high temparatures correlate with the crashes.
> >I'm sure I could build something from scratch, but I don't want to
> >take that much time.
> >
> >Thanks for the advice, and I'll also check the logs and use the X
> >restart methods you mentioned.
> >
> >-- Chad
> >
> >On 8/2/06, Jeremy D Rogers <jdrogers at optics.arizona.edu> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On 8/2/06, Ronald Sutherland <rsutherland at epccs.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Sounds like hot hardware to me... open the case blow the dust off
> >>>
> >>>
> >>[snip]
> >>
> >>
> >>>damaged, bits will flip even if cold. Anyway good luck... and stay cool.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Also great advice. Do you run AC or swamp cooler? :-)
> >>
> >>
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