RE: Re: RE: Re: [newbie] OT: saving the power supply unit
One of the things it does is lock up after it sits for a few days without being used Another thing is the task bar in KDE disappears if it has not been rebooted for awhile I am thinking it might have some thing to do with my USB ports which do not work I am too new to Linux I dont know where the log files would be Greg Gerald Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 21 March 2002 08:49 pm, Greg wrote: On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Greg wrote: %_I never had much luck leaving the system running The most i could get was a week or to two weeks then the system would either be locked or would act funny until I rebooted Greg I dont know what to check Everything works good for awhile Any ideas What are the symptoms? You will have to evaluate the system before you reboot it. Try and find out what is wrong. Is there any clue in the log files? -- Gerald Waugh http://frontstreetnetworks.com New Haven, Connecticut USA -- Linux The Number one Os __ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: saving the power supply unit
I cannot in all conscience see why your USB Ports would screw up linux. For logs, try var/logs *its under the root partition*. Therein they may lie. GL? *praying my info here is accurate!* Femme Greg wrote: One of the things it does is lock up after it sits for a few days without being used Another thing is the task bar in KDE disappears if it has not been rebooted for awhile I am thinking it might have some thing to do with my USB ports which do not work I am too new to Linux I dont know where the log files would be Greg Gerald Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 21 March 2002 08:49 pm, Greg wrote: On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Greg wrote: %_I never had much luck leaving the system running The most i could get was a week or to two weeks then the system would either be locked or would act funny until I rebooted Greg I dont know what to check Everything works good for awhile Any ideas What are the symptoms? You will have to evaluate the system before you reboot it. Try and find out what is wrong. Is there any clue in the log files? -- Gerald Waugh http://frontstreetnetworks.com New Haven, Connecticut USA -- Linux The Number one Os __ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: RE: Re: [newbie] OT: saving the power supply unit
On Friday 22 March 2002 10:43 pm, Greg wrote: One of the things it does is lock up after it sits for a few days without being used Another thing is the task bar in KDE disappears if it has not been rebooted for awhile I am thinking it might have some thing to do with my USB ports which do not work I am too new to Linux I dont know where the log files would be Greg /var/log maybe look at /var/log/messages /var/log/kernel/errors /var/log/kernel/warnings -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com New Haven, CT United States of America 11:41pm up 1 day, 8:05, 2 users, load average: 1.28, 1.19, 1.34 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: saving the power supply unit
On Friday 22 March 2002 11:07 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: I cannot in all conscience see why your USB Ports would screw up linux. For logs, try var/logs *its under the root partition*. Therein they may lie. GL? *praying my info here is accurate!* Femme close the logs (plural) are in /var/log (singular) -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com New Haven, CT United States of America 11:46pm up 1 day, 8:10, 2 users, load average: 1.07, 1.12, 1.26 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] OT: saving the power supply unit
Hi folks, G!!! Turning bright green with envy, descending into purple gloom. It's a great day if my M$ box stays up for 10 hours!! :-) Not counting simple program lockups, of course. Would be interesting to see who has the record on the list for keeping a Mandrake Server up for the longest. We all know that Geeks never tell fibs, so it would be true. :-) Small thought: If you lived in California or some other places on this planet, the power prices are so high, that if you shut down every time you weren't needing the system for a period of say, 3 hours or more, you could BUY yourself a new system every coupla years out of the savings! :-) Cheers, John - Then there is something wrong with your system. I have systems that have been running for 6 months or more, one of them 230 days. They are RedHat 6.2 servers, but I would expect the same from Mandrake. -- Gerald Waug Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: saving the power supply unit
Did I ask for your grammatical character assassination!? NO! However, ty for correcting my technical assessment of the situation. :) Femme Gerald Waugh wrote: On Friday 22 March 2002 11:07 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: I cannot in all conscience see why your USB Ports would screw up linux. For logs, try var/logs *its under the root partition*. Therein they may lie. GL? *praying my info here is accurate!* Femme close the logs (plural) are in /var/log (singular) -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com New Haven, CT United States of America 11:46pm up 1 day, 8:10, 2 users, load average: 1.07, 1.12, 1.26 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: saving the power supply unit
FemmeFatale wrote: *S* old debate...don't stir up the old hardware geeks :P IMHO, leave it on. Less stress on the HW. I'd leave it on as each time you power down you are causing the components in use to cool and shrink. When you power up again they expand again and of course heat up. The heating and contraction that goes on is a bad thing for the components so leave the machine/s on. At least running Linux you know you won't get the magic BSOD. Hylton Stojs wrote: I know this is out of topic, but with linux I have the choice not to turn the computers off or restart them to often. What is best for the psu, having the computer running constantly or turning it off everytime you don´t use it (several times a day)? Thanks in advance, Stojs Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: Re: [newbie] OT: saving the power supply unit
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Greg wrote: %_I never had much luck leaving the system running The most i could get was a week or to two weeks then the system would either be locked or would act funny until I rebooted Greg Then there is something wrong with your system. I have systems that have been running for 6 months or more, one of them 230 days. They are RedHat 6.2 servers, but I would expect the same from Mandrake. -- Gerald Waug Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: RE: Re: [newbie] OT: saving the power supply unit
I dont know what to check Everything works good for awhile Any ideas Greg Gerald Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Greg wrote: %_I never had much luck leaving the system running The most i could get was a week or to two weeks then the system would either be locked or would act funny until I rebooted Greg Then there is something wrong with your system. I have systems that have been running for 6 months or more, one of them 230 days. They are RedHat 6.2 servers, but I would expect the same from Mandrake. -- Gerald Waug -- Linux The Number one Os __ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: RE: Re: [newbie] OT: saving the power supply unit
On Thursday 21 March 2002 08:49 pm, Greg wrote: On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Greg wrote: %_I never had much luck leaving the system running The most i could get was a week or to two weeks then the system would either be locked or would act funny until I rebooted Greg I dont know what to check Everything works good for awhile Any ideas What are the symptoms? You will have to evaluate the system before you reboot it. Try and find out what is wrong. Is there any clue in the log files? -- Gerald Waugh http://frontstreetnetworks.com New Haven, Connecticut USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: saving the power supply unit
*S* old debate...don't stir up the old hardware geeks :P IMHO, leave it on. Less stress on the HW. Femme Stojs wrote: I know this is out of topic, but with linux I have the choice not to turn the computers off or restart them to often. What is best for the psu, having the computer running constantly or turning it off everytime you don´t use it (several times a day)? Thanks in advance, Stojs Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: Re: [newbie] OT: saving the power supply unit
I never had much luck leaving the system running The most i could get was a week or to two weeks then the system would either be locked or would act funny until I rebooted Greg FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *S* old debate...don't stir up the old hardware geeks :P IMHO, leave it on. Less stress on the HW. Femme Stojs wrote: I know this is out of topic, but with linux I have the choice not to turn the computers off or restart them to often. What is best for the psu, having the computer running constantly or turning it off everytime you don´t use it (several times a day)? Thanks in advance, Stojs Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Linux The Number one Os __ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
