John R Pierce wrote: > >> Video is on the MB. It doesn't seem likely that it's >> the video, since the system doesn't respond to network >> when it crashes. > > bad video hardware or drivers can easily crash the system > > If its running an X windows display of any sort, I'd suggest trying it > in text-only mode. in /etc/inittab, set the default runlevel to 3 > instead of 5. this leaves the video in plain VGA text mode which is > far less likely to crash the system. > > id:3:initdefault: Seconded. If it's a server, it doesn't really need X running anyway. mark