RE: [newbie] System locks up every 10days
Have you got lapic disabled in lilo/grub? I found stopping this keeps my system up 24/7 after I was having problems of it dropping every now and again. Tony. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Brinkman Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 3:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days On Friday 03 September 2004 04:06 pm, Chris wrote: Sep 3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord: SYS Temp: 40.0 C (limit = 49.7 C, hysteresis = 39.9 C) Sep 3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord: SBr Temp: 26.0 C (limit = 65.4 C, hysteresis = 59.9 C) I forgot to deal with this in my last reply. For your board, SYS is your chipset, SBr can be taken as your case temp. 26C is 79F, and that should be close to, but a touch higher than your ambient room temperature. Which it appears to be so. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Proud to be an American -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either the sender or [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days
On Friday 03 September 2004 04:06 pm, Chris wrote: On Friday 03 September 2004 09:50 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: SYS = SBr On most all boards the SB temp is from a thermistor at or very near the boards main chipset. The warmest part of your motherboard. Usually taken from a pin on the chipset. Normally around 40C, should stay under 45C, but 50C would be the upper limit. Mine'll hit 46C running cpuburn's 'burnK7' (extreme load), CPU is in the upper 50C's at this point, also an upper limit, with ambient room temp around 80F. From the googling done, SBr is the southbridge chip, but, as I said earlier I don't know what its function is. South bridge is part of the Mboard's chipset. EG, VIA KT600, nForce2, SiS M741, etc. As to function, start here http://computer.howstuffworks.com/motherboard.htm and keep lookin ;) Basically the chipset (northsouth) bridge, is just that... a bridge between the CPU and other parts of the system. Sep 3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord: CPU Temp: 46.9 C (limit = 59.9 C, hysteresis = 55.1 C) Sep 3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord: SYS Temp: 40.0 C (limit = 49.7 C, hysteresis = 39.9 C) Sep 3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord: SBr Temp: 26.0 C (limit = 65.4 C, hysteresis = 59.9 C) These are reported twice an hour with logcheck and emailed to me. That's fine, but if you're temps are in the normal range, which yours are for an Athlon, you really only need to monitor them while under heavy to extreme load. EG, using mprime's torture test './mprime -m, choose 17' http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm in one console, start another and run 'sensors' frequently to monitor temps. At least till they stabilize at an upper limit. This is a very good stress test and is a first step if hardware problems are suspected, eg, system lock ups, freezes, random reboots, failed compiles (at different points), etc. FWIW, I use an alias to display CPU, SBr, and HDD temps alias sc='sensors | grep Temp: /usr/sbin/hddtemp /dev/hd[ab]' tom $ sc CPU Temp:+46°C (low = +35°C, high = +55°C) sensor = thermistor M/B Temp:+40°C (low = +20°C, high = +45°C) sensor = thermistor /dev/hda: Maxtor 6Y080L0: 62°C /dev/hdb: MAXTOR 6L040J2: 38°C -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Proud to be an American Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days
On Friday 03 September 2004 04:06 pm, Chris wrote: Sep 3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord: SYS Temp: 40.0 C (limit = 49.7 C, hysteresis = 39.9 C) Sep 3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord: SBr Temp: 26.0 C (limit = 65.4 C, hysteresis = 59.9 C) I forgot to deal with this in my last reply. For your board, SYS is your chipset, SBr can be taken as your case temp. 26C is 79F, and that should be close to, but a touch higher than your ambient room temperature. Which it appears to be so. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Proud to be an American Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days
On Friday 03 September 2004 09:50 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: SYS = SBr On most all boards the SB temp is from a thermistor at or very near the boards main chipset. The warmest part of your motherboard. Usually taken from a pin on the chipset. Normally around 40C, should stay under 45C, but 50C would be the upper limit. Mine'll hit 46C running cpuburn's 'burnK7' (extreme load), CPU is in the upper 50C's at this point, also an upper limit, with ambient room temp around 80F. From the googling done, SBr is the southbridge chip, but, as I said earlier I don't know what its function is. Sep 3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord: CPU Temp: 46.9 C (limit = 59.9 C, hysteresis = 55.1 C) Sep 3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord: SYS Temp: 40.0 C (limit = 49.7 C, hysteresis = 39.9 C) Sep 3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord: SBr Temp: 26.0 C (limit = 65.4 C, hysteresis = 59.9 C) These are reported twice an hour with logcheck and emailed to me. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 3:55pm up 1 day, 19:13, 2 users, load average: 0.47, 0.45, 0.28 There has been an alarming increase in the number of things you know nothing about. Live - From Virgin Radio UK Ramones - Do you remember rock and roll Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days
On Wednesday 01 September 2004 07:59 pm, Chris wrote: out. SYS Temp: +45.5°C (limit = +50°C, hysteresis = +40°C) CPU Temp: +38.0°C (limit = +60°C, hysteresis = +55°C) In 'F' Gkrellm reports these to be around 113 and 100, which to me appear to be ok, although I may be wrong here. Read /etc/sensors.conf You appear to have one of the many boards that reverses temperatures. 45C is your CPU, 38C is your Mboard (chipset), SYS. You can fix it by editing sensors.conf, or just keep in mind that your temps are reversed. Both those temps are about right for moderate (normal) loads in relatively normal ambient (room) temp, 75 to 80F. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Proud to be an American Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days
On Thursday 02 September 2004 10:49 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Wednesday 01 September 2004 07:59 pm, Chris wrote: out. SYS Temp: +45.5°C (limit = +50°C, hysteresis = +40°C) CPU Temp: +38.0°C (limit = +60°C, hysteresis = +55°C) In 'F' Gkrellm reports these to be around 113 and 100, which to me appear to be ok, although I may be wrong here. Read /etc/sensors.conf You appear to have one of the many boards that reverses temperatures. 45C is your CPU, 38C is your Mboard (chipset), SYS. You can fix it by editing sensors.conf, or just keep in mind that your temps are reversed. Both those temps are about right for moderate (normal) loads in relatively normal ambient (room) temp, 75 to 80F. Thanks Tom, I made the change after reading the notes for my chip. Makes a little more sense now. One thing though, what is the SBr temp? I've done some Googling but can't seem to find an explanation of what the Southbridge chip is/does. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 5:15pm up 20:32, 2 users, load average: 0.41, 0.26, 0.13 He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days
Chris wrote: This an odd question and there may not be a valid answer, but here goes. About every 10days the system locks up for seemingly unrelated reasons. For instance, last time it happened it locked up while one of the X-Screensavers was running. I noted which one was on the screen at the time and disabled it. I've since only enabled two of the screensavers, Nose Guy and Phosper. Last night I installed FSV just to see how it looked, install went fine and it ran great, tonight I brought it up, went to open a directory and the system locked up tighter than a drum, uptime was at about 10days, 20+ hrs. Last time the lockup came at about the same amount of uptime. This is with MDK 9.0. Althought I've gone 30+ days previously before I had to hit the reset due to a lockup and if I remember that was due to a game that the system just didn't like. Any ideas on what could be the problem? It does it around every 11 days right? I have seen a similar problem once before but it only locked up certain software and not the whole system The cause was a program running a system timer (in milliseconds) that collapsed due to the limit of the type of variable used for it. Hmmz... a 32bit Unsigned long how many milliseconds can it hold? And how many days is that together? Are you sure it's the system hanging and not the screensaver causing you not able to interact with the rest of the system anymore? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days
On Tuesday 31 August 2004 10:50 pm, jon fuller wrote: I can't even seem to load the program from the disks I bought is there any driver issues with my hardware? It haults and asks me to reboot when I'm loading the packages. Specifically when it gets to Fonts. mandrake 10 64 version athlon 64 3000 asus K8V 2 raptors 70 gigs apiece 9600XT sony CDRW Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 31 August 2004 09:54 pm, Chris wrote: On Tuesday 31 August 2004 09:30 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Tuesday 31 August 2004 08:25 pm, Chris wrote: This an odd question and there may not be a valid answer, but here goes. About every 10days the system locks up for seemingly unrelated reasons. For instance, last time it happened it locked up while one of Methinks you hijacked my thread Jon. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 5:38pm up 11:20, 1 user, load average: 0.36, 0.19, 0.10 Old Barlow was a crossing-tender at a junction where an express train demolished an automobile and its occupants. Being the chief witness, his testimony was vitally important. Barlow explained that the night was dark, and he waved his lantern frantically, but the driver of the car paid no attention to the signal. The railroad company won the case, and the president of the company complimented the old-timer for his story. You did wonderfully, he said, I was afraid you would waver under testimony. No sir, exclaimed the senior, but I sure was afraid that durned lawyer was gonna ask me if my lantern was lit. Live - From Virgin Radio UK Genesis - Turn It On Again Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days
On Tuesday 31 August 2004 08:25 pm, Chris wrote: This an odd question and there may not be a valid answer, but here goes. About every 10days the system locks up for seemingly unrelated reasons. For instance, last time it happened it locked up while one of the X-Screensavers was running. I noted which one was on the screen at the time and disabled it. I've since only enabled two of the screensavers, Nose Guy and Phosper. Last night I installed FSV just to see how it looked, install went fine and it ran great, tonight I brought it up, went to open a directory and the system locked up tighter than a drum, uptime was at about 10days, 20+ hrs. Last time the lockup came at about the same amount of uptime. This is with MDK 9.0. Althought I've gone 30+ days previously before I had to hit the reset due to a lockup and if I remember that was due to a game that the system just didn't like. Any ideas on what could be the problem? have you checked the syslogs? Kinda sounds like something is being saved to say /tmp until there is no room and /tmp is only cleared on reboot. Just a wild guess. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days
On Tuesday 31 August 2004 09:30 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Tuesday 31 August 2004 08:25 pm, Chris wrote: This an odd question and there may not be a valid answer, but here goes. About every 10days the system locks up for seemingly unrelated reasons. For instance, last time it happened it locked up while one of have you checked the syslogs? Kinda sounds like something is being saved to say /tmp until there is no room and /tmp is only cleared on reboot. Just a wild guess. Dennis, in the /root/tmp are 192 hidden files called .drakx-stdout.(a number here, ie..11153. The contents of these files are: alsa0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off dm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on6:off kheader 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:off 5:on6:off keytable0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off network 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off partmon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off random 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off rawdevices 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off sound 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off saslauthd 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off crond 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off httpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off apmd0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off cups0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off linuxconf 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off iptables0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off devfsd 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off gpm 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off postgresql 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off numlock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off rwhod 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off routed 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off postfix 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off mysql 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off named 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off ipvsadm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off upsmon 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off prelude 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off yppasswdd 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off webmin 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off internet0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:off 5:on6:off ypserv 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off ypxfrd 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off oki4daemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ntpd0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off firestarter 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off mtink 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off sensors 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off spamassassin0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off sendmail0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off xinetd based services: chargen-udp:off chargen:off daytime-udp:off daytime:off echo-udp: off echo: off services: off servers:off time-udp: off time: off cups-lpd: off xadmin: off fam:on linuxconf-web: off rsync: off cvs:off I'd hazard a guess and say the above is not the 'tmp' you're referring to, however, now that I've mentioned these files, what are these and can they be deleted? My actual /tmp is 125.5mb with 124mb free. I assume that this was the /tmp you were referring to? I'll keep an eye on /tmp over the next few days and see if it grows. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 9:44pm up 1:39, 2 users, load average: 0.52, 0.60, 0.52 I hate it when my foot falls asleep during the day cause that means it's going to be up all night. -- Steven Wright Live - From Virgin Radio UK Rod
Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days
On Tuesday 31 August 2004 09:54 pm, Chris wrote: On Tuesday 31 August 2004 09:30 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Tuesday 31 August 2004 08:25 pm, Chris wrote: This an odd question and there may not be a valid answer, but here goes. About every 10days the system locks up for seemingly unrelated reasons. For instance, last time it happened it locked up while one of have you checked the syslogs? Kinda sounds like something is being saved to say /tmp until there is no room and /tmp is only cleared on reboot. Just a wild guess. Dennis, in the /root/tmp are 192 hidden files called .drakx-stdout.(a number here, ie..11153. The contents of these files are: alsa 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off dm0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on6:off kheader 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:off 5:on6:off keytable 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off network 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off partmon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off random0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off rawdevices0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off sound 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off saslauthd 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off syslog0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off crond 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off xinetd0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off httpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off apmd 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off cups 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off linuxconf 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off devfsd0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off gpm 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off postgresql0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off numlock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off rwhod 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off routed0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off postfix 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off mysql 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off named 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off ipvsadm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off upsmon0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off prelude 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off yppasswdd 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off webmin0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off internet 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:off 5:on6:off ypserv0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off ypxfrd0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off oki4daemon0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off firestarter 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off mtink 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off sensors 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off spamassassin 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off sendmail 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off xinetd based services: chargen-udp:off chargen:off daytime-udp:off daytime:off echo-udp: off echo: off services: off servers:off time-udp: off time: off cups-lpd: off xadmin: off fam:on linuxconf-web: off rsync: off cvs:off I'd hazard a guess and say the above is not the 'tmp' you're referring to, however, now that I've mentioned these files, what are these and can they be deleted? My actual /tmp is 125.5mb with 124mb free. I assume that this was the /tmp you were referring to? I'll keep an eye on /tmp over the next few days and see if it grows. The above are the current xinit
Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days
I can't even seem to load the program from the disks I bought is there any driver issues with my hardware? It haults and asks me to reboot when I'm loading the packages. Specifically when it gets to Fonts. mandrake 10 64 version athlon 64 3000 asus K8V 2 raptors 70 gigs apiece 9600XT sony CDRWDennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 31 August 2004 09:54 pm, Chris wrote: On Tuesday 31 August 2004 09:30 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Tuesday 31 August 2004 08:25 pm, Chris wrote: This an odd question and there may not be a valid answer, but here goes. About every 10days the system locks up for seemingly unrelated reasons. For instance, last time it happened it locked up while one of have you checked the syslogs? Kinda sounds like something is being saved to say /tmp until there is no room and /tmp is only cleared on reboot. Just a wild guess. Dennis, in the /root/tmp are 192 hidden files called .drakx-stdout.(a number here, ie..11153. The contents of these files are: alsa 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off dm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off kheader 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off keytable 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off partmon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off random 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off rawdevices 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off sound 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off saslauthd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off httpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off apmd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off linuxconf 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off devfsd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off gpm 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off postgresql 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off numlock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off rwhod 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off routed 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off postfix 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off mysql 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off named 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off ipvsadm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off upsmon 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off prelude 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off yppasswdd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off webmin 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off internet 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off ypserv 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off ypxfrd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off oki4daemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off firestarter 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off mtink 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off sensors 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off spamassassin 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off sendmail 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off xinetd based services: chargen-udp: off chargen: off daytime-udp: off daytime: off echo-udp: off echo: off services: off servers: off time-udp: off time: off cups-lpd: off xadmin: off fam: on linuxconf-web: off rsync: off cvs: off I'd hazard a guess and say the above is not the 'tmp' you're referring to, however, now that I've mentioned these files, what are these and can they be deleted? My actual /tmp is 125.5mb with 124mb free. I assume that this was the /tmp you were referring to? I'll keep an eye on /tmp over the next few days and see if it grows.The above are the current xinit settings that your system is running. As 1-off is init 1 and alsa is off and so forth. Bad explanation, maybe someone can jump in here and explain better. And /tmp was what I had in mind but other tmp files could be causing a problem, like /home/your usr/.tmp could be acting up. Not real sure but a memory leak might end up tying up all of your ram also. Anyone else have a thought? Slap me if I'm leading down the garden path. : )-- Dennis M. linux user #180842Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out!
Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days
On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 21:25, Chris wrote: This an odd question and there may not be a valid answer, but here goes. About every 10days the system locks up for seemingly unrelated reasons. For instance, last time it happened it locked up while one of the X-Screensavers was running. I noted which one was on the screen at the time and disabled it. I've since only enabled two of the screensavers, Nose Guy and Phosper. Last night I installed FSV just to see how it looked, install went fine and it ran great, tonight I brought it up, went to open a directory and the system locked up tighter than a drum, uptime was at about 10days, 20+ hrs. Last time the lockup came at about the same amount of uptime. This is with MDK 9.0. Althought I've gone 30+ days previously before I had to hit the reset due to a lockup and if I remember that was due to a game that the system just didn't like. Any ideas on what could be the problem? Install lm-sensors and start monitoring your motherboard and cpu temperatures to eliminate that as a possibility. Sometimes a system fan will get clogged with dust and the cpu temp will climb to borderline levels; this is especially true with AMD cpus, which are notorious for maintaining deceptively respectable behavior right up until they flake out. I have also seen AMD's that are overclocked pass Prime95 tests perfectly, but still lock up after a few days. This probably isn't your case but high case or cpu temperatures can cause the same thing to happen. I would say that you could have a program running that has a memory leak, but it sounds like you've reinstalled and had the same symptoms across multiple installs. This would pretty much eliminate the memory leak possibility. If you want to try to narrow it down to hardware a little better, what you can do is run the box at runlevel 3 for 11+ days and see if it locks up without a gui running. That would give is a little more information. It also wouldn't hurt for you to download the sysrescuecd and run some hardware checks and a test of the memory: http://www.sysresccd.org/download.en.php Regardless of how you feel about your hardware or your confidence level you should still follow troubleshooting procedure and eliminate memory and cpu as possibilities. LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
