> On the machine itself no messages are shown and the machine responds to > repeated ENTER key presses with the login prompt. Once you enter "root" > [ENTER] then no further responses (except line feeds as you press ENTER). > > What kind of hang is this? Could it be a DoS attack? Or is it some > internal process hanging? I have a debug kernel but as the only solution > is a power-off reset, I never get any dump. > > Any suggestions please where I might start to look, or services to > experiment disabling? >
My very first instinct was hardware failure. It has all the right pieces: intermittent, came out of nowhere, weird problems as a result. But. In the interests of science: I know you said existing shells stop working, but does that include the secure shell? ssh into the box when it's frying itself and see what happens. Presumably you've checked the /var/log stuff already? James _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
