Re: [cobalt-users] cced died, ps -aux hangs at /usr/bin/swatch

[josh <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I finally was able to get everything working but only after using the
power switch to restart the machine. It was as though nothing would
work from the command line for very long, as though the process
handling of tty's and pty's was flaky.


On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 09:41:39AM -0500, josh wrote:
> I seem to be having a new problem with my RaQ3i/550. I noticed I was
> losing my ssh after issuing ps commands. I tried to reboot just so all
> the processes would start up. After I rebooted I couldn't even get to
> the web interface; I'd login ok, but a message came up saying, "A
> crucial system component (CCE) is currently not operating. Please try
> again in a moment." 
> 
> A 'ps -aux ' hangs after listing some processes at the swatch. Top
> fails. I am trying to restart processes by hand at an attached
> terminal which seems to have the same results.
> 
> sspl     29135  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    Mar01   0:00 [getdatabase.pl <
> sspl     29196  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    Mar01   0:00 [getdatabase.pl <
> root     30444  0.0  0.1  1988  904 ?        S    Mar01   0:00 CROND
> root     30445  0.0  0.1  1888  952 ?        S    Mar01   0:00 /usr/sbin/swatch
> 
> 
> I have no idea if this is a known problem, the result of remote
> hacking attempts, hardware or what. Any advice on how to proceed will
> be appreciated.
> 
> -- 
> Josh Kuperman                       
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