investigating frequent crashes

[Ken Scott]

On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 20:04, Benjamin Hornberger wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a machine running RHEL AS 3 which mainly runs a small mail and web 
> server. Recently, it crashes quite often (once a week maybe) for yet 
> unknown reasons. Do you have any general advice on how to investigate such 
> a problem? I know I can run a memory test. Any other hardware tests? What 
> to look for in which log file?
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> Benjamin 
> 
I have 3 RH 9 boxes.  I one them crashes with about the same weekly
frequency that you describe.  I turned off all the fancy screensavers
and the problem seemed to likewise cease (I had been using all the
provided screensavers in random mode).  I need to go back and figure out
which one is the culprit (somehow).  Funny that the other two systems
are not similarly affected (different video cards??).  Maybe you could
investigate the same thing.
Ken