investigating frequent crashes

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 08:53:23AM -0500, Ken Scott wrote:
> 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).

If you run xscreensaver-demo, the first screensaver it brings up is
the the last one that was running.

> Funny that the other two systems
> are not similarly affected (different video cards??).  Maybe you could
> investigate the same thing.
> Ken

Cheers,
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Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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