RE: [cobalt-users] Server Reboot Over and Over

["Andy Brown" <andy.brown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kacey A. Murphy [mailto:kacey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 25 October 2001 2:22 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Server Reboot Over and Over
> 
> 
> I am so confused,
> 
> Raq3i, with Mysql 3.27 and PHP 4.06
> Everything has been running so smooth for 2 weeks, and all of 
> a sudden today, the server is acting like it is rebooting and 
> rebooting and rebooting, I am unsure what is going on.
> 
> I really am not sure if it is rebooting, I just loose access 
> to the server and everything for about 10-15 minutes then it 
> is back up again, I get to use it for 15-20 minutes and poof 
> it is lost again.
> 
> I haven't installed anything .. just been playing with MySQL 
> through a windows interface, thats it, and uploading new web sites.
> 
> ***What I am wondering is if there is a way to see a log or 
> something to find out what is actually going on, like is 
> there someone in my server is it rebooting or what.
> 
> I am getting no e-mails to the Admin and seems everything is 
> up and working.
> 
> 
> Sincerely Kacey A. Murphy
> netBuilder's, Inc.
> v: 864.279.9857
> e: kacey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> w: http://www.nbuilders.net



Hi,
These seems an unusual problem, but to check if your machine is indeed
rebooting, you can check uptime. Telnet/SSH into the machine, and then
type in
/usr/bin/uptime
It should respond with a line like this:
  9:40am  up 214 days, 21:51,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Which is our Raq3, if where we have 214 days you have something like 5
mins or similar, then it has indeed rebooted.


Also, after finding uptime, do the following (You will need to be root,
so after telnet/ssh in as admin do  "su -"  [no quotes] and enter the
admin password again)
tail -f /var/log/messages

This will then start to display the messages file which may give you a
hint when the system reboots.

If not, then post what it lists in messages up until you loose
connection, as somebody here might have a clue.

Have you just installed any Cobalt Kernel updates by any chance????


Regards,

Andy Brown
andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://ineedlinux.info/