On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 11:35, Andreas Winkelmann wrote:
Am Freitag, 23. Januar 2004 20:28 schrieb Tom Nielsen:
My mailserver keeps locking up. Last night at 5:37pm (according to /var/log/messages) was the last time any record of a function was made. Unfortunately the process that was run was not the problem. I can't seem to find out what is causing the problem because it's not listed in /var/log/messages. Is there any where else I might find it?
Last night I tried to get my email, but I couldn't connect. I came in this morning and found my lights on my keyboard blinking and I could log in....so I had to hit the reset button. Once it booted, without any problems might I add, I checked the log and nothing was mentioned.
I'm really stuck on what the problem is. I'm running 8.2.
memtest, badblocks, fsck.
cat, drill, parachute
;-)
Sorry, I didn't get the hints. Are you saying I should run those tests or that they might cause the problems? This always seems to happen at night. I never seem to find file system problems when I reboot.
The reason for your problem can be bad memory, what you can test with memtest. Boot from your CD/DVD and choose memtest at startup.
Another reason can be, a broken harddisk or filesystem. First you can test with badblocks, second with fsck. fsck depends on your used filesystem. For reiserfs use reiserfsck. Try both with the rescue-system.
I would guess trouble with the filesystem.
Thanks for the clarification! I really appreciate it. Can I run these tests with the system up and running (as it is now) or is that a bad thing and I should reboot into the rescue system? Thanks again for the help. -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com