From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 29 00:52:42 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B8BA16A418 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:52:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hexidigital@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B648113C48E for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:52:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hexidigital@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so24496wxd for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:52:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=hGdR07Q59oA9Uw7dJ0q15BSQHtnRXaME8VW0NCWYOJvV/8AZL0bRyilRg+y7RwI3bxl70mHPB9zxmKtajSnaVZ4HSl5b5yFtyBpMGZTPNu4CanQ58ATMN9NZA7JNm4dllgQEOIKA2k719z0kOBI9qsWdQDVQypAxkjRUlc6Nqhg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=s9spZgyhTQvBWAemqsrp8xx52s7i8ZRnf26hcwj+P+YItuMHds1wFSqavg2mS9P1EbMxsVhSp9Fro95OiHL3cvW0GuOsA7IQUTQklTjAQ+nYN99dEcRES7fcRfDW+ntbPN/Cto1NirlM8CYF2V4qMHAWY6c3U56S3+z3wAASznI= Received: by 10.70.125.11 with SMTP id x11mr151767wxc.1188348758664; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:52:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hexidigital.org ( [24.229.62.9]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h18sm18648757wxd.2007.08.28.17.52.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:52:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gbarber by hexidigital.org with local (Exim 4.67 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1IQYH3-000Pso-Nk for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:52:41 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:52:41 -0400 From: Glen Barber To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070830005241.GA695@orion.hexidigital.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <050a01c7e98f$9fc76af0$0300020a@mickey> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <050a01c7e98f$9fc76af0$0300020a@mickey> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Subject: Re: Server rebooting itself X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:52:42 -0000 Quoting Don O'Neil: > I have a 6.1 machine (AMD X2-5200) that reboots itself from time to time for > no apparent reason. Today, I caught it in a reboot and on the console it > said it was shutting down the CPU's, like someone had hit control-alt-delete > on it (the same message)... But there is no keyboard attached to it, and > nobody was logged in. > > This happens randomly every 3-20 days (no apparent pattern). > > I originally thought it was the 3ware controller causing it, but there was > no correlation. > > I tried installing 'mbmon' port, but when I run mbmon -d I get: > > mbmon -d > InitMBInfo: Operation not permitted > This program needs "setuid root"!! > > The SUID flag is set, and I'm running it from root. I am wondering if there > is a possible power supply issue, or something like that. I swapped the PS > some time ago for a bigger one, but that didn't change anything. If anyone > has any suggestions on how to get mbmon to work I'd love to hear them. The > MB is GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 GF6100 AM2, which uses the nforce4 chipset. I'm > not even sure if mbmon works with that newer chipset or not. > > I'm suspecting power problems further upstream (at the data center) but I > have no way of knowing. There doesn't seem to be any coorelation with usage > either, so I'm kind of stumped. > > Any suggestions on what to check next? > I have similar issues. I even went as far as replacing the motherboard. At first, I thought I had bad RAM -- but even with known-good RAM, I still have random reboots. As with your situation, there are no apparent patterns. Regarding mbmon, I had to compile it without SMB4 support to get it to work. My MB is an Intel D845PESV (desktop board). -- Glen Barber