Re: random system crashes

Intresting.
I always had logging ON before I gave up...

//Andreas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Kramarov" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: random system crashes


> ok people, now we are getting somewhere.
>
> yesterday, i have done the following on my machine (that was running
steady
> for 2 months !)
>
> echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/tux/logging
> echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/tux/referrer_logging
>
> and in crontab :
>
> */5 * * * * root rm -f /var/log/tux
>
> after 5 hours the machine crashed. good thing i have an automated failover
> to the backup machine - and that my isp people took about 4 hours to find
> out that the machine was down, so that gave me some more time to sleep
today
> ;)
>
> so, this seems to confirm the logging-related theory .
> now, after a restart, i am trying the same setup without referrer_logging
> ...
>
> Alex.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex Kramarov" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 3:42 AM
> Subject: Re: random system crashes
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matthew Hodgson" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 1:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: random system crashes
> >
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Alex Kramarov" <[email protected]>
> > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 12:14 AM
> > > Subject: Re: random system crashes
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > >Given how similar Marco and Alex's hardware setup appears to be,
> > perhaps
> > > a
> > > > hint at the root of the problem might be isolated by a
straightforward
> > > > detailed comparison of the hardware, drivers, distribution, loaded
> > > > modules, or even the actual TUX configuration itself...?
> > > >
> > > > I have no problem with that, but we need to have a substantial base
> for
> > > > comparacent.
> > > >
> > > > everyone who is successfully running tux and willing to provide that
> > info,
> > > > please reply to the list.
> > > > i believe we need at least 10 ppl to get started ...
> > >
> > > Here's my slightly more detailed contribution of my abortive tux setup
> > > details: this server completely froze hung roughly every 2 to 7 days,
> > > sometimes responding to icmp ping packets (with good response
times(!))
> on
> > > one or more of the NIC interfaces.  TUX was serving around 30 hits a
> > second.
> > >
> > <snipped>
> >
> > I declare you the god of elaborate bug reports, since i have been
around,
> > but this was by far the best description of problems and possible
> solutions
> > i have ever seen !!!
> >
> > i am currently running without logging, but i will try to duplicate your
> > config step by step, since i have 2 machines, and if one of them fails,
> the
> > other will take over in a matter of seconds.
> >
> > i don't believe it an smp or 2 tux threads, or >1GH  issue, since this
is
> > the config i have, also i don't think that the problem is changing files
> in
> > userspace, since my servers are frequently updated, and tux runs 24/7
> > serving content.
> >
> > i will report my findings ...
> >
> > and more reports of success/failure will be apriciated, if possible, in
> the
> > format of Matthew Hodgsons example !
> >
> >
> >
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