On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 15:41:53 +0000 Gary Stainburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied:
> Hi all, > > Last night I updated our main network services box from RH7.1 to 7.2 > and all seemed to go fine. It's worked okay all day until about 3pm > local time at which point it completely hung with the HD light on > solid. > > After rebooting it lasted just 30 mins before dieing in exactly the > same way (it's currently rebooting). > > Can anyone suggest possible causes for this, and any steps that me > help me diagnose/fix the problem. Here's some wild guesses, some based on problems I've had. 1. A lockup. In my case gnome, a bad memory module and a screensaver that the video card couldn't handle very well were the sources of a number of these. 2. Hard drive going out. 3. A process running amok and using up all resources. Not actually locking the PC up, just making it crawl so slowly that it appears to be the case. I've had this happen repeatedly with one postfix install (gone now after a reinstall of everything) and a portsentry rule going crazy. 4. A partition filling up. 5. Bad permissions on /tmp or /var. Most of that isn't so likely in your situation. Hopefully they might be clues that can lead you in the right direction, though. -- Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO is the answer. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
