[clenny]

From time to time, my computer running Ubuntu 6.0.6 just reboots, It doesn't happen everyday. This last time it happened, I was burning a CD using KB3. The time before that was about 3 days ago so it doesn't seem to be any particular activity connected to it. I checked all my connections and didn't find any loose wires, plugs, etc. Both the TV and my iMac were on at the same time but nothing happened to them. Any ideas????

[linuxphile]

A good place to check when something like this happens is /var/log/messages. If it was a problem with software, generally Linux systems will log something here. If the computer is doing a reset or hard reboot chances are something is probably overheating or you have some other hardware failure happening.

My two cents.

HTH

[clenny]

Thanks for responding. I'm posting the log in question. I took a look, but in all honesty, I really don't know what to look for, yanno? Could someone take a look and let me know if they see anything unusual? If there's nothing there,perhaps it's a hardware problem somewhere.

[Bartender]

Sounds like hardware to me - probly a glitchy power supply, especially if this is a 4 or 5 year old PC and the power supply was a generic unit in the first place. Since this sort of problem so often comes down to the power supply that's where I'd start

[clenny]

You're probably right, which is what I was thinking anyway. The box was used when I bought it. I guess I should update to newer hardware, anyway. iwas planning on buying a new Mac, I guess I need a new PC as well. Thanks guys.