[BlueOnyx:03032] Re: Troubleshooting lockups/crashes

[Greg Kuhnert]

Hi Darrell.

Darrell D. Mobley wrote:
> The server went online Saturday evening, worked fine until 
> approximately 24 hours had passed.  While generally moving around the 
> server via SSH, checking, adding forwarders, etc., the server locked 
> up on me.  It would respond to a ping, but nothing else.

There are a two options that come to mind...

1. Security software on your box... Is something building dynamic 
firewall rules? (dfix does this). You might be tripping something. Look 
in /var/log/messages for firewall hits.
2. interface driver problems... I have a box that has poorly supported 
ethernet drivers. Type ifconfig from the command line, and look for any 
dropped packets ... Mine increase rapidly, and from time to time - that 
ethernet port locks up tight. If this is your problem, let me know, and 
I'll try to help.

Regards,
Greg.

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