RHE 5.1.9.6 reboots when starting a browser

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On 03/06/13 03:42, Mertens, Bram wrote:
>> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of eee at nmt.edu
>>
>> I just installed the latest updates for RHE 5.1.9.6.  The updates
>> required a reboot.  After rebooting, I can no longer run a browser.
>> I have two installed, Firefox and htmlview, they both trigger a
>> reboot.  I can ping an external site such as google.com.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>
> Any log messages?
>
> Do you start them from the command line?
>
> You could try to start firefox with a blank profile without plugins
> and such.

First: does X come up? If not, maybe you need to do something about your 
video driver (i.e. rebuild if NVidia).

Second: RHEL 5.1.9.6? Why are you running something that old?

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