[K12OSN] odd reboot issue

[Calvin Park]

Alrighty. I just found something interesting. I was checking top and noticed
one particular gdm-binary taking up 95% CPU. I joyfully said "Aha!" and
pkilled the sucker. Which promptly locked my system until. The terminals
upstairs went down and SSH no longer works. My server is now in the midst of
a cold reboot. Ick, ick. But, that is a bit more information.

Also, I'm including below the body of another one of my messages. I attached
an image that was a bit too large (a screenshot) and so it's sitting waiting
for moderation. Anyway, below is the body...if anyone wants the screenshot
I'll send it to you privately.


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dmesg didn't tell me too much (though it is possible I'm missing something.
I plan to go through it again). I took a look at /var/log/messages, and I've
attached a screenshot (I beg forgiveness for using XP) of the last minute or
so before it died last night. No problem that I could see.

I've checked the KVM, and that particular port is working with our other
Linux servers. :(

-Calvin

-----Original Message-----
From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
Behalf Of Les Mikesell
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 8:48 AM
To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
Subject: RE: [K12OSN] odd reboot issue


On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 07:46, Calvin Park wrote:
> As an addendum to this, I'm in the process of rebooting all terminals, and
> I've noticed that it waits quite a while at
>
> loading 192.168.0.254:/lts/vmzlinux.ltsp
>
> After that it boots like normal, but runs fairly slow...and still no luck
> getting the monitor hooked to the server to display anything.

Ssh in and run 'dmesg |less'.  Do a 'G' to go to the end and
scroll backwards with the page-up or control-b keys.  You
might see something to explain what went wrong.  If not,
look in /var/log/messages for anything unusual. The display
problem could be the KVM, too.

--
  Les Mikesell
     les at futuresource.com


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