Problems, nothing but problems!

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Renny

Renny

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I've installed many distros till now but nothing has worked(hanging etc),

I tried Vector and Zenwalk but all apps just terminate and close randomly, Xfce keeps getting logged out,

What is the problem? Why is all this happening " :(

I dont know what to do,
If atleast one distro had worked I woulda stuck to it, so ppl dont think I just do this distro switching for timepass,

Plz help me, I really want to try linux but all these probs are really making me fedup and exhausted.
 
QwertyManiac

QwertyManiac

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When you log out next time, log back in and take the output of "dmesg | tail"

Looks to me your PC is dying rather than the distro's work. When my Prescott throws up heat alarms, the CPU auto handles it and throttles my processes down with a neat warning in the dmesg. It closes my applications sometimes or reduces framerates when in a game. Ain't the distro's fault now is it?
 
ray|raven

ray|raven

Think Zen.
^Quite a possibility. Zenwalk used hang quite a bit a few days before my RAM died.
Thought i broke X , but turned out to be the RAM :D
 
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Renny

Renny

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PIII 700MHz, 256 MB SDRAM, Intel 810 Chipset, 15" CRT, AT keyboard, PS/2 Mouse :oops:

(Using i810 driver of Xorg),

In both Zenwalk and Vector, X would just logoff randomly, applications would just terminate at random, and even panels would suddenly dissapear,

I tried changing the colour depth to 16bit from 24bit, but it would screw up X completely, meaning all bizarre and random colour lines and patterns would appear on screen,

And sometimes the PC would completely hang and freeze(TOTALLY HANG). nothing would respond(Ctrl+Alt+Bkspace etc.), even if I try activating numlock etc it would'nt work, everything just totally hangs.

And if its a hardware problem how do I find out whats faulty.
 
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praka123

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seriously dude! :D you should stick with zenwalk or some xfce or lesser de/wm's.nothing against,but Gnome or kde will crawl!

do one thing,run a memtest using a ubuntu livecd :) also post the o/p of dmesg
 
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Renny

Renny

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Dude I'd really love to stick to a distro like Zenwalk :) ,

but how can I? Xfce terminates every few minutes, Apps terminate evey few seconds literally :cry: ,

I cant even change the colour depth dude, what can I do? I'm helpless!

I cant run anything, firefox, XMMS, gqview etc. keep closing and terminating,

Is there any good tool to detect bad sectors? And I'll memtest86+ and checkup.
 
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Renny

Renny

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Qwerty why do u keep being rude and sarcastic with me? :?

I just mentioned what errors I encounter,

So I have a reason to whine, and if u faced such probs u would also whine, or maybe ur such a maniac that u would be ecstatic.
 
praka123

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@Rahul:seems like a h/w problem to me.sure try memtest!

For the time being,forget gnome,kde and heavy DEs.
try fluxbox etcetra.

also,it will be helpful if u paste the dmesg .or attach ur dmesg output(/var/log/dmesg) to *rafb.net/
 
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Renny

Renny

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Ya my PC cant handle such heavy stuff,

Will post the output of dmesg and run some HDD and RAM tests.
 
QwertyManiac

QwertyManiac

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~Rahul~ said:
Qwerty why do u keep being rude and sarcastic with me? :?

I just mentioned what errors I encounter,

So I have a reason to whine, and if u faced such probs u would also whine, or maybe ur such a maniac that u would be ecstatic.
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If I got problems I don't distro hop, I solve it cause essentially all linux distros are the same and no problem is unique to you and you alone. You just have to look at your dmesg and I even asked for the output of it at the start of the thread though I was also told it was futile to. You just don't respond. Fine, I won't bother you anymore, good luck. :)

P.s. And I've had far worse problems than yours. You're just whining cause your X ain't working properly or your processor's throttling or maybe your RAM's trashing, there's much more things that can go worse.
 
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Renny

Renny

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Cmon man why all this, we had some misunderstandings, lets put it behind us and move on :),

Let it not be personal, what more can I say,

I agree on one thing, I dont have the patience to solve a prob and stick to one distro, that I'll stop,

I'll post the output of dmesg tmrw as I'm busy with my studies, and give the results of memtest86+ and check whether my HDD has bad sectors,

Peace!
 
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Renny

Renny

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I checked my HDD using HDD Regenerator, no bad sectors were found and my HDD is clean,

I ran memtest86+ and no errors were found in the RAM,

I'm unable to post the o/p of "dmesg | tail" bcos whenever I start the terminal X(or Xfce) crashes, I dont know how to copy the output of "dmesg | tail" from the failsafe terminal and virtual terminal(Ctrl+Alt+F2) :oops:.
 
praka123

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seems like initramfs image missing?can you post the /boot/grub/menu.lst here?
or if u use LILO,post /etc/lilo.conf :)
 
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