Random crashes!

Iyce · #1 23rd July 2006, 01:04 AM

So I've been having issues with random crashes of applications within Gnome. I've had the Gnome panel crash and try to relaunch itself infinately, stating that a panel is already running and then crashing again; firefox has crashed; installing packages from add/remove packages has frozen up; and just a multitude of issues!

So... does anyone have any idea why that may be happen? I'm running the 32 bit on a 64 bit processor, dual core, if that makes any difference, with the smp kernel.

Jman · #2 23rd July 2006, 03:00 AM

When, if ever, where things working? What's changed since then?

Have you tried booting a non SMP kernel?

What panel applets do you have? Firefox plugins? Fedora Core version?

Have you tried a

Code:

yum update

Iyce · #3 23rd July 2006, 03:05 AM

Answers:
1. Never. Since installation on the first time into the GUI (I did a text install because I needed the nVidia drivers and the graphics wouldn't work properly). BEfore that I set up yum to download the nVidia drivers and install them so the GUI would work properly.

2. No and I do not know how. Also, why would that impact the issue? Isn't SMP for dual core processors, which mine is?

3. Panel applet that I was using is GAIM. Also appeared with another application but I cannot remember what--theme manager maybe? Something default. Default firefox install and this is Fedora Core 5.

4. I have done a yum update with the -y switch and everything is good to go there. No updates as of the time of this post.

Iyce · #4 24th July 2006, 02:19 AM

So... how do I boot to a non-smp kernel?

Iyce · #5 25th July 2006, 07:42 AM

Still not sure how to boot to a non-smp kernel. Is it some setting in GRUB or do I have to change something else?

Seve · #6 25th July 2006, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iyce

Still not sure how to boot to a non-smp kernel. Is it some setting in GRUB or do I have to change something else?

Hello:
If you install a non-smp kernel via yum or yumex then it will appear in grub for you to select from.
Seve

Iyce · #7 25th July 2006, 09:52 AM

And how would I install a non-smp kernel in yum?

yum install (kernel) I know... but what do I put for the kernel there?

Seve · #8 25th July 2006, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iyce

And how would I install a non-smp kernel in yum?

yum install (kernel) I know... but what do I put for the kernel there?

Hello:
The easiest way is to install yumex first, if you do not already have it installed? If you do not then log in as root su - password and then yum -y install yumex
once it is installed you will find it under Applications/System Tools/Yum Extender
then pick the kernel you want and add it to the queue and process the queue.
Seve

Iyce · #9 31st July 2006, 08:12 AM

Gave this non-smp kernel a try and it seems to have aleviated the issue. Thanks for the suggestion!