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.
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