[NTLUG:Discuss] Periodic crashes on Redhat 8.0

[Albert Modderkolk]

Is auto suspend enabled in your BIOS?  I had a similar problem with 8.0. 
  When awakening it would display the screen saver but no cursor.  RH 
Support suggested to disable this in the BIOS and to use Linux's apmd:

> Dear Sir,
> 
> Access your machine's BIOS and disable the standby option for the hard drive.  
> And within Linux, login as root and then run this command:
> 
> /sbin/service apmd stop
> /sbing/chkconfig --level 12345 apmd off
> 



Saluti, Albert

Minh Duong wrote:

>  Hi,
>  
>  Very recently one of my linux boxes running Redhat
> 8.0 locks up every day.  It still has power because I
> can open and close the CD ROM but it is not responsive
> to everything else and all the power lights are off. 
> I am currently using it as an NIS/Samba server and
> connecting to is using ssh.  It isn't a shutdown 
> because when I boot it up next, Linux notes that the
> drives were not unmounted properly.  Other than that
> it boots properly and lasts about a day.
>  
> My next course of action is to connect it to a
> keyboard and monitor to see if the machines displays
> any errors before crashing.  What logs can I check to
> see what is happening?  Thanks.
>  
>  Minh
> 
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