Michael Eager wrote:
> m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Michael Eager wrote:
>>> Brian Mathis wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Michael Eager <eager@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm running a server which is usually stable, but every
>>>>> once in a while it hangs. The server is used as a file
>>>>> store using NFS and to run VMware machines.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't see anything in /var/log/messages or elsewhere
>>>>> to indicate any problem or offer any clue why the system
>>>>> was hung.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions where I might look for a clue?
>> <snip>
>>> System is unresponsive. Monitor blank, no response to keyboard,
>>> no response to remote ssh. Hit reset to reboot.
>>
>> Suggestion 1: ->from the console<-, run
>> setterm --powersave off
>> That way, even if you connect a monitor (in our, uh, "computer labs", we
>> have a monitor-on-a-stick), you'll still see what's on the screen at the
>> end, not the power save blanking.
>
> I get a message "cannot (un)set powersave mode".
Did you do it from the console? It won't work (or at least neither my
manager nor I have figured out how to do it) remotely.
>
> I'll add this to .xinitrc.
Um. This isn't X, it's below that.
>
>>> The only indication that I had that there was a problem (other
>>> that attached systems were not accessing files) was that the fan(s)
>>> on the server were louder than normal.
>>
>> Um. Um. What make is the server? We had that on some new Suns, where
>> after working on them, the fans would spin up and *not* spin down to
normal.
>> The answer to that was, after powering them down, pull all the plugs, and
>> leave them out for 20 sec or so....
>
> House-built, Gigabyte MB, AMD Phenom II X6, 6Gb RAM.
Any chance the problem's with the video card?
mark
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