** Reply to message from Stefan Neufeind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 23 Feb 2003 01:05:20 +0100
> Hi, > > I got a very weird problem with a RedHat-server. Occasionally (can't > even say that its under "high load" or something like that) the > system freezes / hangs. It's possible to ping the machine (responds > normal) and you can even connect to ports like pop3 (110) which were > open before. The connection is established but no service responds. > The same for mail in general, ssh, http etc. Nothing! Even console > doesn't work anymore until reboot. > > The PC consists of a ASUS-P4B533-V-board with 2 Maxtor-HDDs and a cd- > drive. Machine is running regular redhat 8.0 (kernel etc.), with all > RHN-updates applied, running latest apache 1.3.xx ... > > It's a server in a serverhousing-farm and it's there for production > use. So I can't simply take it off for a few days to play around with > it. > > Had the same problems with another server, different board, running > RedHat 7.3 with all updates applied. After looking for every possible > problem-solution I thought maybe it's a hardware defect. So I changed > from Athlon-cpu to a Intel P4 with different board, also installed > RedHat 8.0 (instead of 7.3) new from scratch. But problem still > exists. > > Only common thing: Both computers using same Maxtor-harddisks. But > could this be the problem? Unfortunately (as described above) I can't > simply take the computer down, change harddisks etc. ... not > possible. > > Did anybody experience such problem? Yes, I had the same thing on my RH 8.0 box. Started with the first kernel 2.4.18 builds, both RH's version and mainline 2.4.18. Same symptoms. It became so tiresome that I moved to the Phoebe 8.1 beta. I am now back to 8.0 but the problem has disappeared. I can only assume that it was kernel related since I am now running the latest 2.4.18-24.8.0 with no problems. When Marcelo releases 2.4.21, I will give that a whirl and see if the bug is still around. FYI, here are my two Maxtor IDE drives (out of 4 IDE and 2 scsi): $ dmesg|grep Maxtor hdc: Maxtor 5T030H3, ATA DISK drive hdg: Maxtor 52049H4, ATA DISK drive jb -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
