[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux crashes

[victor@vail.net]

Are you seeing anything in /var/log/messages that looks unusual after you
reboot?

Victor

On 17-Sep-99 J. Reeves Hall wrote:
> I've been having a problem with my Linux server crashing recently...
> Here's my config:
> -dual PII 350, SuperMicro MB, AMI bios
> -128 MB RAM
> -3Com 3C509b NIC connected to Georgia Tech's network
> -Sound Blaster 16
> -Kernel 2.2.5 SMP
> -Running: Netscape, Maple, DrScheme, KDE, Half-Life TFC dedicated server
> with 20+ players, mp3 player, ProFTPD (fairly recent to fix a hole, but
> there may be other holes)
> 
> The CPU usage is about 50%, which is mainly the Team Fortress server.
> Memory usage is pretty high, but I don't think it's running out.
> Everything's going peachy, and all of a sudden the machine hardlocks.
> Under Windows I'd just reboot and not think twice, but Linux doesn't
> usually do this... I could understand the server crashing, but hardlocks
> are disconcerting. Any suggestions that don't involve removing the
> TFC server?
> 
> Thanks!
> -Reeves
> 
> --
> In a world without fences, why do we need Gates?
> J. Reeves Hall - Georgia Tech (CS Major)
> [overcode at resnet.gatech.edu]
> 
> 
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Victor Brilon
victor at vail.net
http://www.victorland.com

Thought for the day --
"We can count on the fact that the spread of strong
encryption is going to mean that lives are going to be lost." 
        -- Robert Litt, principal associate deputy
                 attorney general at the US Department
                 of Justice, engaging in some hyperbolic
                 flourishes to attack encryption stronger
                 than that which a bored college student
                 could break, Wired News, 8 June 1998