[NTLUG:Discuss] no one has such problem? was: Is there a such 'low power stan

[MadHat]

At 07:47 PM 1/18/2002 +0000, m m wrote:
>>From: MadHat <madhat at unspecific.com>
>>
>>Just an idea.  You could try adding a line to you /etc/syslog.conf to log
>>all messages (by default a lot of messages are dropped.  A line like
>>*.*             /var/log/all
>>would log everything.  There might be a message form whatever is suspending
>>the network.
>
>reboot? or restart what? and check all log message in /var/log/ ?

on redhat you can do
/etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog restart
to restart.  It should create the file when it restarts.  Be careful to 
watch the size of the file if you are low on disk space, since it can grow 
quickly depending on what you have running and how it is compiled.

Are you using modules?


>>What type of hardware is it?  Make and model, or BIOS type?
>
>Do not laught at me, they are DELL Optiplex 560, 5100. (old)
>I cann't get the information of BIOS now. I will post it later.

Why laugh?  Dells are good, old or not.  I have a few myself.
One of the great things about Linux, doesn't take a lot of power to do 
simple things.

>One thing I know is It does not idle/freeze on windoze box.
>(same mode Optiplex 560 w/ windows NT 4.0 server)

Very odd indeed.

OK, it might be the cable modem (what model?), if the provider was unable 
to get to you, it may have shutdown waiting for activity (even though other 
traffic was coming in?).  Or maybe it is set up to shutdown after x amount 
of inactivity from the 'inside'. (just thinking out loud, no basis in reality).
The windows box is constantly sending out out crappy packets to see if 
there is another windows box on the same subnet (broadcast messages).  This 
would keep the link active.


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