Re: Linux hangs...

[Andrew Lees <andrewl acay com au>]

On Sun,  8 Apr 2001 03:03, Nilesh Vaghela wrote:
> Hi,
>   I have installed Linux 6.1 version and facing wierd
> problem. Whenever I leave my terminal for some time
> without any activity, and then try to do something
> terminal does not response to keyboard and mouse. And
> it looks like it hanged. After that the only resort is
> to reset machine and go thru disk scan. Can anybody
> help me get around this problem.
>

Could be an advanced power management problem with the system going into a 
suspend state with things not consistently set up- make sure APM is disabled, 
and the disc is set to never spin down, then see if the problem is still 
there.

Andy.