[olug] Machine Locking up, need hardware guru advice

[Nathan D. Rotschafer]

May also consider compiling in serial control for the box.  When I was
having serious issues with one of my machines I did that and then hooked it
up to the serial port of the other machine which lets you capture all
messages and also shut it down correctly usually.

Just a thought,
Nate


On 8/9/04 1:30 PM, "Jon H. Larsen" <relayer at levania.org> wrote:

> Not sure how much this will help, but:
> 
> Put a bare-minimum linux distro on the system.  Make sure ssh is running
> and that your firewall will let connections in.
> 
> Try some copy operations, or play an mp3.
> 
> When you run into a lock, try to ping or ssh into the box and check dmesg
> or /var/log/messages for signs of problems.  When X locks up on me, I
> typically ssh in from remote and shut the machine down properly to avoid
> a possible Massive Filesystem Corruption (TM).
> 
>