Gnome AisleRiot solitaire

[raymond house]

Hi Alfred, thanks for the comments, you are right this machine needs a good
cleaning but I dont understand why it crashes only when using solitaire and
always after 45 mins. It never happens with other games or any other use of
the confuser.  Thanks,   Ray

On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 12:50 PM, alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net> wrote:

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> From: raymond house <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Gnome AisleRiot solitaire
> Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 06:19:28 -0500
>
> Hi, I wonder if anyone has experienced this problem? I have reported it
> as bug#503428 in Launchpad but not getting much feedback. I am using
> Ubuntu 9.1 and Gnome desktop, when I play about 45 minutes Ubuntu
> crashes and I have to log back in. Not all that important but annoying.
> It does this every time.  Ray
>
> Hi Ray:
>
> I have 9.10 and play that game too, but my confuser does not crash.
>
> It could be a kettle of fish from something completely different.
>
> Dust and Confusers don't mix. Fans blow dust around and then the
> heat-sinks get dust on them, and then things start to over heat. I do a
> bit of cleaning every 4 months. If you got a Tower Computer, I take out
> the heat-sinks and clean and oil the fans. Clean the grills where Air is
> going through them. Clean some of the circuit boards that have dust
> build-up on them.
>
> Look at the Temperature, of you Chasis, and the CPU, usually found in
> the Bios somewhere. Record what they are when you have just cleaned the
> Confuser. Then in 4 months time, look at it again, how much higher are
> the temperatures.
>
> If you got Rugs in your place, then perhaps you need to do this cleaning
> more often.
>
> If you Smoke in your place, then it might need cleaning every two
> months. Smoking and Rugs every month! Got a Wood Stove, every two
> months!
>
> I re-seat all the Boards, I put on new Thermal Grease. Clean out the CD
> Rom / DVD Drive, with a Q tip and Alcohol. Dust builds up in these
> things too. Clean the lens, with a DVD Cleaner Disk, Don't touch the
> lens with a Q-Tip, as there are lots of little wires in the Focus
> Electromagnet, that can break.
>
> Don't use Water to do the cleaning, as some parts contain Iron, and can
> Rust.
>
> Make sure when you put it back together that it is completely Dry. That
> all parts are Aligned Correctly.
>
> Doing stuff like this makes it so that your Confuser lasts for a Decade,
> or more. It really minimizes crashes too.
>
> Always spray the cleaner into the cloth, and only enough to make it
> Damp, not Dripping. Especially to clean Monitors, and Mother Boards.
>
> a 266 Mhz Confuser I had still works. My Linux Tower- Box, is going on 6
> years old now, still works  - No Crashes!
>
> Don't wear Static-ky Clothes when you do this.
>
> Oh, and you need to be Calm and Patient when you do this work, because
> inflammation words, can give the confuser a Heart Attack! :-))
>
> Alfred!
>
>
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