[kde-linux] Changing RAM causes KDE startup hang

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 20 March 2006 04:37, Jes Hall wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 March 2006 12:45, Stephen Warburton wrote:
> > HI,
> >   I'm running Slackware with KDE and it was running perfectly on 64MB of
> > RAM. I tried to upgrade to 128 MB and now the KDE startup hangs just 
> > after the cursor changes from a cross to an arrow. Now what ever combo 
> > of RAM I try the same thing happens. Can anyone help? PS I'm a programmer
> > but not fairly new to Linux
>
> I would suggest that you run memtest86 over the system to make sure none of
> this memory is faulty. This sounds very much like a hardware problem, since
> it worked until you changed hardware. Also check that the memory is
> correctly seated.
>
Have you checked whether you can start up with either stick alone?  If you 
have mis-matched memory that could be your problem.

Anne
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