On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 09:04:35AM -0600, Herman Van Keer (softouch) wrote:
> > "Johan Segern�s" wrote:
> >
> > > When i'm switching between X and an other console a few times and done so
> > > for a while my machine hangs. I have no net on that machine so I can't
> > > telnet/ssh to it, it's just to press the reset.. no fun.
>
> Did you try to ping the box ? If it don't answer, then it means that the
> kernel is down.
>
> > Yes... it's no fun to press a reset...
> > But FWIW: you can eventually use one of your serial ports to login, using a dumb
> > terminal or an older pc with DOS and Kermit (free communication program) will do
> > the trick.
> > Then at least you can login and do a decent 'reboot'
>
> What about using watchdog ? It's designed to prevent brutal reboot.
Well, if the kernel's down, 'watchdog' wouldn't run either or would it?
BTW, I have the same problem over here intermittently. Sometimes the box hangs
up to three times a day, then it just runs fine for days. I *believe* that
there is something odd about the network layer. Crashes seem to become more
frequent when I have smb running. Odd. I made a search on deja and some RedHat
6.0 users seem to have the same problem.
Regards
tom
>
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