On Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:32:05 -0400, Steve wrote in message <20210827003205.55c65...@mydesk.domain.cxm>:
> Hendrik Boom said on Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:55:12 -0400 > > >On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 09:16:06PM -0400, william moss via Dng > >wrote: > >> On 8/25/21 8:10 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> > For the past few months my home server (running an ascii > >> > installation physically moved from another computer) has been > >> > suddenly stopping all processing about once a month. apparently > >> > at random. It seems to stop instantly, leaving power on and > >> > becoming completely responsive to ping, existing ssh connexions > >> > and use of the physical keyboard. > >> > > >> > The system log, after a reboot, shows nothing unusual except of > >> > course that there are no log entries for a shut-down. > >> > > >> > Can anyone provide ideas about tracking this down? > >> > > >> > It could of course be a random rare intermittent hardware error. > >> > > >> > -- hendrik > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Dng mailing list > >> > Dng@lists.dyne.org > >> > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > >> > > >> I had the same problem on a work station running ASCII. Since I > >> could access the system from another machine on the LAN and even > >> log in, I guessed that it was Xorg. Killing X Via a remote login > >> cleared the problem. With the use of sar and other tools, I > >> determined it was the video card and/or NVIDIA's drivers (kernel > >> modules). Switched back to the system board's video (AMD) and the > >> problem went away. > > > >Not running X on this machine. Just have the usual text consoles on > >cntl-alt-F1 through F6. > > > >Don't have a separate video card either. > > The first time I read your symptom, my first thought was "I bet he has > an nVidia card, just like I did before switching. So, acknowledging > that you never run X and might not even have any nVidia drivers > installed (if you do, I suggest removing them, under the > circumstances), is your built in card an nVidia? If so, do you have a > less than 5 year old Radeon to temporarily install while disabling > your nVidia in BIOS? After my horrendous intermittent hangs and > reboots of November and December 2020, I would never use any nVidia > graphics unit with Linux again. If I somehow acquired a computer with > built in nVidia graphics, I'd disable the built-in and use a Radeon. > Even if I didn't use X. ..or just kill off any of nVidia's proprietary drivers and use the nouveau driver. Caviat: My last Radeon purchase, 9 years ago was a 2nd hand HD 4890 that required a new powersupply with (an 8 pin plug AFAIR?), so I had to use that box filler Nvidea GeForce GTS 250 that came along the 4890 to get that powersupply, the 250 came bang right up on X @ 2048x1536 on the nouveau driver. It drove FlightGear at a flyable 9 to 15fps AFAIR, and the FlightGear developers svore it would be much faster on nVidia's proprietary driver, which I never got working, so I went with the 4890 on radeon. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng