[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Periodic crashes on Redhat 8.0

[Minh Duong]

I turned off all the ACPI features in BIOS and it
still crashes.  The last time it died I was in the
middle of reading /var/log/messages logs.

The information I get from the logs is that is is not
a software issue.  The machine just stops working.  By
default, my server checks cron every hour to see if
any jobs are scheduled.  It is apparent that the
server stops checking cron the right after it crashes.
 Plus the fact that I was in the middle of something
when it died.  I have a sneaking suspicion that it is
hardware.  One possibility is that it is somehow
overheating is causing a shutdown.  The other that is
my motherboard is on life-support.  Thanks for all
your help, guys.

Saluti,
Minh

> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 18:05:20 +0100
> From: Albert Modderkolk <mdd at advwebsys.com>
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Periodic crashes on
> Redhat 8.0
> Reply-To: discuss at ntlug.org
> 
> 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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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 11:08:19 -0600
> From: David Camm <dcamm at advwebsys.com>
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Periodic crashes on
> Redhat 8.0
> Reply-To: discuss at ntlug.org
> 
> i don't THINK so, besides we're not running 8.0 (and
> most likely never
> will as 7.2 is extremely stable).


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