Kevin Thorpe wrote: > My server crashed last night and I can't see anything > in the logs as to why. I couldn't ssh in so I connected > a screen and keyboard, the screen stayed on standby and > I couldn't even toggle the caps-lock. I'm thinking that > it was a kernel panic but without the screen I don't > know what caused it. I can't see anything except a huge > gap in the logs so they're no help. Is there anywhere > else I can look to try and find out what the problem > was so I can stop it happening again? I don't appreciate > being dragged out of bed and half-way across the city > by our Australian friends who can't go to bed at a > sensible time. > >thanks Did you check all of the following:
/var/logs/warn /var/log/messages? /var/log/localmessages If there's nothing in any of these files, I would suspect a CPU lock up due to overheating, or some similar sort of hardware problem (video card hanging the bus, etc). How's the airflow and internal cleanliness of the physical box, and/or any rack mount it might be inside. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
