On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Bob Jackson wrote:
> 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 Segernäs" 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.
>
I'd say Bob needs glasses, that looked like two quarters not pennies to
me. ;)
Do syssrq keys function?? also sometimes an up box won't respond to ping
(means the network barfed) but it's still alive.
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