From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 19 07:22:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA23286 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 07:22:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from Bayou.UH.EDU (jef53313@Bayou.UH.EDU [129.7.1.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA23280 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 07:22:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jef53313@Bayou.UH.EDU) Received: from localhost (jef53313@localhost) by Bayou.UH.EDU (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id JAA17167; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 09:21:47 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 09:21:47 -0600 (CST) From: Jonathan Fosburgh To: Sal cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: machine freezes up In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I am running FreeBSD and Apache (the latest stable versions of each) on a > Pentium 166 clone with 32 mb of RAM and a 6.5 gb hard drive. It has a > 3Com EtherLink III ethernet card to connect it via my hub to a Cisco 1005 > router which in turn hooks to an Adtran 56/64 CSU/DSU which connects it to > the world via a 56k Frame-Relay connection. > > Every time I leave the machine alone for more than about an hour, it > freezes up and does not respond to pings, keyboard input, or anything > else. What can I do to prevent it from doing this? This is a problem I had with 2.2.5R. I upgraded to the December 14 snapshot of 2.2 and now it has been up almost 3 and a half days for the first time in ages. If there was an inheren problem in 2.2.5, it *appears* to be fixed. (Note, as of the December 11 snapshot, I still had this problem) I > > Also, the clock is set to something WAY off -- nowhere near local *or* > Greenwich Mean Time. How do I reset the clock to the right time? While on your network you can use ntpdate. This will check with the clock servers you specify. A few that I use are www.freebsd.org, www.uh.edu, and clock.psu.edu. Apparently it does not matter if they are in the same timezone as you. Jonathan Fosburgh, wotan@scientist.com , University of Houston Geophysics http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498 FreeBSD: Turning PCs into Workstations http://www.freebsd.org ******************************************************************************* We shall not cease from exploration, And the end of our exploring shall be to arrive Where we started from, and know the place for the first time. --T.S. Eliot, The Four Quartets *******************************************************************************