Re: [cobalt-users] Re: Logging CPU temp

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Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Re: Logging CPU temp


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> > On Thursday 15 April 2004 05:01 pm, Richard Donahue wrote:
> > > How can I log my CPU temp? My RaQ4 sometimes crashes at 4:02 AM. I've
> > > removed the scripts that I installed to run in cron.daily and
everything
> is
> > > fine. I added a couple (logcheck.sh and chkrootkit.sh) back to
> cron.daily
> > > and it crashed again this morning. Someone said I should check my fans
> and
> > > CPU temp because it may be causing the server to restart. I never get
> any
> > > warning messages, and the logs don't show anything useful that I can
> see.
> > > The CPU temp is always around 35C when I check it.
> >
> > You would only get a message if the fan temp was high when Active
Monitor
> runs
> > (at :00, :15, :30, and :45).
> >
> > I'd bet something in your logcheck.sh is making it choke. If it's
> overtemping
> > that easily, then a fan or some bad memory may be your culprit.
> >
> > To log the temp, you'd have to run a script that parsed the output of
> >
> > cat /proc/cpuinfo
> >
> > and wrote the temp info to a file or something.
>
> The memory has been a concern lately. I thought it may have been due to
the
> 16622.pkg, but maybe it's a bad chip.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
> EBS
Also had one a week or two ago do the same thing never overheated but died
during logrotate
Believe that was due to hardware. NIC or MB. Swaped drive to another unit
and it quit.
David