On Friday 17 September 2004 15:04, Ricardo Ara�jo wrote: > Hello > > I have a Debian server running LTSP 4.1, with KDE 3.2.1. About 10 machines > are connected to it through switches (some 10MBs, other 100MBs). Machines > vary from Pentium1 to Duron. Randomly, the server will lockup completely > and I have to hard reset it. We are lucky if it only locks once a day, but > there are days that it will lock two or three times. > > What I have tried: different kernels (2.4 and 2.6). Different > distributions (Conectiva, Knoppix) with different KDE's (3.1 vs 3.2). > Completely different server hardware. Nothing made a difference. Users > only use Mozilla (1.7.2) and OpenOffice (1.1.2). > > Also, nothing is recorded in the logs. In /var/log/messages, at the point > where the server locked, there appears only a bunch of "@@@@". Before > locking, there is nothing of interest in the logs, everything seems to be > working fine. No pattern may be observed also (i.e. locks happens after > something appear at the log). > > After hard resetting, everything goes back to normal. Except, of course, > when the filesystem gets corrupted (the kickerrc, a KDE configuration > file, is quite sensitive BTW). > > So, a few questions: > > 1) What could make a server lock that badly? > 2) Can problems in some client cause this? If yes, could it be too old > hardware (network card, maybe)? > 3) Could it be some network problem (switches, cables)? Maybe some strange > packet that makes the server lock? >
This seems to smack of Overheating ... When it lock more often, it may be warmer that day .. Check all your fans on the server, as well as seating of CPU/memory etc .. Just a thought .. YMMV -- Regards, Adrian Snyman Tel: (083)647-5299 /* Beat Me, Whip Me, Make me use Windows !! */ ================== The views expressed in this email are, unless otherwise stated, those of the author and not those of Supply Chain Services or its management. The information in this e-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted in reliance on this, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Whilst all reasonable steps are taken to ensure the accuracy and integrity of information and data transmitted electronically and to preserve the confidentiality thereof, no liability or responsibility whatsoever is accepted if information or data is, for whatever reason, corrupted or does not reach its intended destination. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
