Re: Spontaneous unclean reboots

On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:52:43 -0400, David W. Hodgins wrote:

On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:25:02 -0400, Stefan Patric <not@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Basically, I think the problem is Opera and not your system, X server
or

While opera is very sensetive to file system corruption, how could a
user application force the system to reboot?

I don't know, but over the years, I've seen things that "can't" happen
happen.

I believe it is a hardware problem. I would expect a disk or ram
failure to cause a segfault, or freeze. Rebooting when the cpu is put
under load sounds like either a heat problem, or a power supply problem,
with the power supply seeming most likely, to me, as I would expect a
heat problem to shut the system down, rather then reboot it.

Could be. But, in problem solving, I prefer to start with observations--
when Opera is run the system reboots--not make assumptions, if possible,
evaluate the evidence, and eliminate possibilities one by one. In this
case: Is Opera causing or in some way triggering a reboot? Stop using
it and see if the problem persists, etc.


Stef
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