On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Vandaman <vandaman2002-sk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rudi Ahlers wrote: > >> We have a server which locks up about once a week (for the >> past 3 >> weeks now), without any warning, and the only way to >> recover it, is to >> reset the server. This causes unwanted downtime, and often >> software >> loss as well. >> >> How do I debug the server, which runs CentOS 5.2 to see why >> it locks >> up? > > Are those the only logs you've got. Normally linux is very chatty, > and you get WARNING, PANIC etc messages. What kernel are you using? > Does a previous kernel or CentOS plus kernel stop the problem? > > Regards, > Vandaman. > > > Well, on a standard CentOS 5.2, /var/log/messages will be the the place to log problems like this, or where else can I get more info? I've upgraded the kernel to xen.gz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 but can only reboot the server tomorrow, during a planned maintenaince window and then see what it does -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos