Re: [vox-tech] Problem with Gigabyte 890FX, Phenom II, and Kubuntu

2010-12-08 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Cam Ellison (c...@ellisonet.ca): > With regard to the rest of your email (snipped out), I'll try that if > nothing comes from CTCS. Two halts five weeks apart doesn't give me > much to work with. Yes. One of the Bad Words that one doesn't really want to hear when performing diagnosis

Re: [vox-tech] Problem with Gigabyte 890FX, Phenom II, and Kubuntu

2010-12-08 Thread Cam Ellison
On 10-12-08 03:26 PM, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Cam Ellison (c...@ellisonet.ca): > >> On another list that I frequent, the two responses thus far both >> suggested replacing or swapping out the PS. I have to admit the idea >> has merit, though it's an Antec Signature 650, came new with the rest o

Re: [vox-tech] Problem with Gigabyte 890FX, Phenom II, and Kubuntu

2010-12-08 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Cam Ellison (c...@ellisonet.ca): > On another list that I frequent, the two responses thus far both > suggested replacing or swapping out the PS. I have to admit the idea > has merit, though it's an Antec Signature 650, came new with the rest of > the system, and over $200 here includi

Re: [vox-tech] Problem with Gigabyte 890FX, Phenom II, and Kubuntu

2010-12-08 Thread Brian Lavender
On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 02:37:35PM -0800, Cam Ellison wrote: > On 10-12-08 01:43 PM, Rick Moen wrote: > > Quoting Cam Ellison (c...@ellisonet.ca): > > > >> This is my only machine, and it's a production machine, so I'm not sure > >> about taking it out of service to run ctcs2 (thanks Rick!). > > Y

Re: [vox-tech] Problem with Gigabyte 890FX, Phenom II, and Kubuntu

2010-12-08 Thread Cam Ellison
On 10-12-08 01:43 PM, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Cam Ellison (c...@ellisonet.ca): > >> This is my only machine, and it's a production machine, so I'm not sure >> about taking it out of service to run ctcs2 (thanks Rick!). > You're very welcome. I have notes here, which I recommend, because > Cerbe

Re: [vox-tech] Problem with Gigabyte 890FX, Phenom II, and Kubuntu

2010-12-08 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Cam Ellison (c...@ellisonet.ca): > This is my only machine, and it's a production machine, so I'm not sure > about taking it out of service to run ctcs2 (thanks Rick!). You're very welcome. I have notes here, which I recommend, because Cerberus is rather peculiar software that takes a l

Re: [vox-tech] Problem with Gigabyte 890FX, Phenom II, and Kubuntu

2010-12-08 Thread Cam Ellison
On 10-12-08 10:40 AM, Brian Lavender wrote: > You might also want to try sar. Here is an interesting article. > > http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/114224 I am not familiar with it, so I've downloaded it and started it, and will get ksar as well (so I can get a better handle on the output), and

Re: [vox-tech] Problem with Gigabyte 890FX, Phenom II, and Kubuntu

2010-12-08 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Brian Lavender (br...@brie.com): > Check the system event logs in the motherboard bios. Sometimes listed > under SEL. Otherwise, I would stress test the machine. I used to run ctcs > to burn in systems for a cluster I worked on for LLNL. It does memory, > io, and cpu stress tests. > > htt

Re: [vox-tech] Problem with Gigabyte 890FX, Phenom II, and Kubuntu

2010-12-08 Thread Brian Lavender
You might also want to try sar. Here is an interesting article. http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/114224 brian On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 10:00:32AM -0800, Brian Lavender wrote: > Check the system event logs in the motherboard bios. Sometimes listed > under SEL. Otherwise, I would stress test th

Re: [vox-tech] Problem with Gigabyte 890FX, Phenom II, and Kubuntu

2010-12-08 Thread Brian Lavender
Check the system event logs in the motherboard bios. Sometimes listed under SEL. Otherwise, I would stress test the machine. I used to run ctcs to burn in systems for a cluster I worked on for LLNL. It does memory, io, and cpu stress tests. http://sourceforge.net/projects/va-ctcs/ You could also

[vox-tech] Problem with Gigabyte 890FX, Phenom II, and Kubuntu

2010-12-08 Thread Cam Ellison
Recently I upgraded to this MB, with an AMD Phenom II. The latest Kubuntu (10.10) is loaded onto it. Twice it has halted suddenly: no activity, no output, and has required a reboot. This is not an external power problem: its power comes from an APC 3000. There is nothing in the logs: everyt