[mythtv-users] distro's.. other possibilities?

[Terrence Martin]

Craig Tinson wrote:

> am having a few problems with with my FC1 box.. it's getting *very* 
> flaky under X.. it lasts about 10 seconds the screen gets all strange 
> on me.. and then the whole box freezes.. this has only started 
> happening in the last couple of days..  it only seems to get wierd 
> after the *big* "apt-get dist-upgrade" though (and yes.. all kde stuff 
> is commented out but I don't think that'd cause this anyways)
>
> am not sure whether it's a driver issue (but am presuming it must be 
> unless I have hardware failing).. so am wanting to try myth under a 
> different distro temporarily..
>
> whats the easiest thing to try? am thinking knoppmyth might be an idea 
> for a quick test... is that the best idea? or is there something else 
> I could try? am not wanting to spend *too* much time investigating the 
> problem..
>
> thanks for any suggestions
>
> Craig
>
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You might as well try to rule out hardware. Grab memtest86 iso a try 
http://www.memtest86.com/. Run it over night, just to be sure.

Terrence