Re: tracking down a hard crash
On 5/3/06, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 08:22:48AM -0400, Matt Price wrote: > > er, having a little trouble here -- xsensors comes up blank! not sure > if that means I'm missing the requisite kernel drivers. any way to > tell what I need? > You probably need to setup your lmsensors. try `sensors-detect` to get that going. ok, thanks andrew. after some missteps got everything working anw it's going well. I think I *may* have found my problem though. I was using a powerd usb/kvm switch which failed entirely this morning. Since I disconnected it mypower problems seem to have faded away. Hopefully that will bethe end of it -- and if now I will check the sensord log aftern extcrash. thanks, matt A -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEWMTzaIeIEqwil4YRAv+9AKCuHUybQSXLHOU2Ki96+kMQ/5UiwQCgomSe iIwfcpZtq8irRR3Q4wmzChg= =Ilxw -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: tracking down a hard crash
On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 08:22:48AM -0400, Matt Price wrote: > > er, having a little trouble here -- xsensors comes up blank! not sure > if that means I'm missing the requisite kernel drivers. any way to > tell what I need? > You probably need to setup your lmsensors. try `sensors-detect` to get that going. A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: tracking down a hard crash
On 5/3/06, Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 5/3/06, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: thanks andrew. these hardware monitors -- are they things like xseonsors and mbmon? I've just apt-get installed those and will try them out. other suggestions still welcome! er, having a little trouble here -- xsensors comes up blank! not sure if that means I'm missing the requisite kernel drivers. any way to tell what I need? thanks, matt thanks, matt > A > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEWCudaIeIEqwil4YRAk1GAJ9UCxEzDGUqBd6hyPXgsUKDLjVYFQCg0W7t > +yLYh7oOJiNVG8yjNmT8CCc= > =4u+4 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > >
Re: tracking down a hard crash
On 5/3/06, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 10:49:13PM -0400, Matt Price wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm having a problem with hard crashes on my box (sid, not quite up to > date). They seem to happen in a variety of circumstances -- the > computer locks hard in an X session (running xfce4 usually) and is > inaccessible by ssh or any other. If amarok is running at the time it > will sound as though a 1-second or shorter loop is playing; otherwise > the only indication is the disappearance of the cursor and a > nonfunctional keyboard/mouse. OTher programs that have been running & > using a fair bit of cpu at thetime of crash include firefox & > dvd::rip, as well as openoffice and audacity. > > I've looked in /var/log/messages/ syslog/ and dmesg and don't see > anything special. I suppose probably whatever is causing the crash is > also failing to give me the appropriate message. What kinds of things > can I do to help identifiy the cause of the crash further? I'm always an advocate of looking for hardware problems for the inconsistent type issues... set up some sensors monitoring maybe and see if you've got anything like a failing power supply for example. I had one that was slowly dying and the only sign was random freezes with no common factors that I could see. But I noticed my voltages were drifting farther and farther out of spec. new power supply solved that problem. ymmv. .02 etc thanks andrew. these hardware monitors -- are they things like xseonsors and mbmon? I've just apt-get installed those and will try them out. other suggestions still welcome! thanks, matt A -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEWCudaIeIEqwil4YRAk1GAJ9UCxEzDGUqBd6hyPXgsUKDLjVYFQCg0W7t +yLYh7oOJiNVG8yjNmT8CCc= =4u+4 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: tracking down a hard crash
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 10:49:13PM -0400, Matt Price wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm having a problem with hard crashes on my box (sid, not quite up to > date). They seem to happen in a variety of circumstances -- the > computer locks hard in an X session (running xfce4 usually) and is > inaccessible by ssh or any other. If amarok is running at the time it > will sound as though a 1-second or shorter loop is playing; otherwise > the only indication is the disappearance of the cursor and a > nonfunctional keyboard/mouse. OTher programs that have been running & > using a fair bit of cpu at thetime of crash include firefox & > dvd::rip, as well as openoffice and audacity. > > I've looked in /var/log/messages/ syslog/ and dmesg and don't see > anything special. I suppose probably whatever is causing the crash is > also failing to give me the appropriate message. What kinds of things > can I do to help identifiy the cause of the crash further? I'm always an advocate of looking for hardware problems for the inconsistent type issues... set up some sensors monitoring maybe and see if you've got anything like a failing power supply for example. I had one that was slowly dying and the only sign was random freezes with no common factors that I could see. But I noticed my voltages were drifting farther and farther out of spec. new power supply solved that problem. ymmv. .02 etc A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
tracking down a hard crash
Hi folks, I'm having a problem with hard crashes on my box (sid, not quite up to date). They seem to happen in a variety of circumstances -- the computer locks hard in an X session (running xfce4 usually) and is inaccessible by ssh or any other. If amarok is running at the time it will sound as though a 1-second or shorter loop is playing; otherwise the only indication is the disappearance of the cursor and a nonfunctional keyboard/mouse. OTher programs that have been running & using a fair bit of cpu at thetime of crash include firefox & dvd::rip, as well as openoffice and audacity. I've looked in /var/log/messages/ syslog/ and dmesg and don't see anything special. I suppose probably whatever is causing the crash is also failing to give me the appropriate message. What kinds of things can I do to help identifiy the cause of the crash further? thanks, matt -- .''`. Matt Price : :' : Debian User `. `'` & hemi-geek `- -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
