On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 15:39 +0100, michael wrote: > On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 09:58 -0400, Stephen Lokitz wrote: > > Hello, > > I am running Sarge 2.4.27-2-686-smp on an intel SR1435VP2(which is > > a 1U server platform) with dual 2.8 Xeon processors. I am required to > > run the 2.4 kernel for my application. What appears to happen is that at > > some random time after power on (~6-20 hrs), the cpu fans shut off which > > causes the system to overheat and shut down. I can immediately restart > > the system but the fans will not come on for 2-3 hrs after the initial > > fail. The system without fans can only run for ~5 min before overheating > > and shutting down again. Physically unplugging the power cord does not > > affect this 2-3 hour time window. The server chassis has been replaced by > > the vendor once. The server has been plugged into different outlets and > > at different locations. We have already learned about the off by one bug > > with acpi and are now passing the acpi=force kernel boot arguement. ACPI > > is running, but the fans still stop and the system overheats. We have > > been fighting this for about 6 weeks now. Any suggestions would be > > appreciated. Please inform me if I have not provided enough information. > > > Maybe I've misunderstand but if you have more than a single processor, I > thought you must not use ACPI. Otherwise it may think, oh one of the > processors is idle so I can power down... (and not realize your other > processor is busy) > > However, this seems inconsistent with it not working when you then come > back up. > > I guess we'd need to see your /var/log/syslog for more info...
actually, I think I was getting confused with APM not being thread safe (and that the same is not true of ACPI) -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
