Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 21:38:59 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: up@3.am Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.1-STABLE spontaneously reboots! Message-ID: <20060905193859.GA17992@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0609051053550.89046-100000@richard2.pil.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0609051053550.89046-100000@richard2.pil.net>
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--GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 10:55:04AM -0400, up@3.am wrote: >=20 > This server was in production and rock steady with 4.10-STABLE for years. > Before moving it to a colo center, I took it offline and did a clean > install of 6.1, cvsup'd to STABLE on 8/30/06 and then installed the latest > stable versions of all the applications and mods. >=20 > It's now back in production and for no cause that I can find, it reboots > itself roughly twice a day. Nothing in the syslog or console log, it > looks basically like a power event...system comes back up with uncleanly > dismounted file systems. However, it is on very clean power, has dual > power supplies and none of the other boxes on that circuit has any pwer > problems. It sounds like hardware trouble to me. I had a box go buggy on me after it had been running for a long time. After I powered it on again it became unstable. I suspect some part in the powersupply or on the mobo got fried.=20 But there are some things you could check. Get syslog to log to another machine. That way you can check at which time the reboots happen. If they are regular, there might be a connection to running programs, cron jobs etc. > On boot, I had noticed some complaints about ACPI, but I even tried > disabling it, but it still did this several hours later. >=20 > The ONLY hardware change I'd made was to remove a SCSI passthrough cable > that enabled the on-board SCSI (it's an L440GX+) to be used with an > external tape drive. Check all internal connections; cables, and PCI cards if any. Check if the RAM is properly seated. Maybe run a RAM test. Check the board for bad capacitators. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE/dJTEnfvsMMhpyURArwsAKCWhIM/CA8boTBfbojDE/hSb+wXYgCfX6// ouyrqvYndi6R4oHp4UgbdGQ= =FklJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw--
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