Re: [cobalt-users] Crashing Problems

["ISEE Multimedia" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 > I've looked through the archives searching for different
> > things but cant find what i think i need.
> >
> > My server crashed a few times yesterday, and i think it was a
> > memory issue.
> >
> > What logs/commands can i view/execute to find out which site
> > or program caused the memory error or crash. Or just the crash?
>

This was actually posted 2 days ago but its only just come on the list, does
anyone else have a massive delay in posts being displayed, mine always seem
to take a day or more?

Regards

Mark

PS Thanks for the reply.



> Hi Mark,
>
> The key ones to look through are the /var/log/messages and possible
> /var/log/dmesg to start with.
>
> Although, if this was yesterday, you'll notice that these logs are today
> only, so copy the /var/log/messages.1.gz to /tmp or somewhere else and
> extract the file (gunzip messages.1.gz) and then open the file to take a
> look.
>
> Look around the time of the crash and if you spot unusual things post to
> the list as somebody will be able to identify them for you!
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
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