server crashing/deadlocking

2006-03-27 Thread Chris
A server running freebsd 6.0 stopped responding and recovered via remote reboot mechanism. Some points. (a) I have no console access. (b) I have to pay 100 euros an hour to have someone at the console and this isnt a viable option. (c) No serial console or kvm is available. Every server we have

Re: server crashing/deadlocking

2006-03-27 Thread albi
Chris wrote: A server running freebsd 6.0 stopped responding and recovered via remote reboot mechanism. -- cut for brevity -- I also want to know by enabling console.log will it catch everything that pops up on the screen and if no how do I do that? yes, it should do that -- grtjs, albi

Re: server crashing/deadlocking

2006-03-27 Thread Martin Hudec
Hello Chris, Chris wrote: I also want to know by enabling console.log will it catch everything that pops up on the screen and if no how do I do that? In /etc/syslog.conf look for line with console.info, uncomment it, and HUP down the syslogd process, or issue restart to /etc/rc.d/syslogd