Tom Berger wrote:
>
> 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.
>
If everyone having this problem could put their hardware/software
confiurations up, maybe we could spot a pattern. This might be
caused by an interaction between uncommon configuration elements.
my .02
Bob J.
