Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3566 mails)

[Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 25 April 2007 17:51, James D. Parra wrote:
> ...
>
>> Some piece of hardware or kernel software could be in a corrupt,
>> inconsistent or otherwise erroneous state.
>>
>> You could just reboot the server in question and chalk it up to
>> cosmic rays. If it happens again soon (or immediately), then start
>> trying to diagnose the fault. Otherwise, fuhgetaboutit...
>
> ~~~~~
>
> Ouch! Well, a reboot did occur and that didn't resolve the problem
> and without anything obvious in the logs I can't, at this moment,
> diagnose the fault. This is an important server & I can't just forget
> about it.

The problem could lie within a router or switch. They have complex 
internal state that can become messed up, too.

Reboot everthing in sight...


> ~James


Could you, by any chance, send your mail with the usual quoting 
conventions? It's tedious to have to fix it by hand.


RRS
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