Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:34:08 -0400 From: Janos Dohanics <web@3dresearch.com> To: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: System stop Message-ID: <20110611223408.0beeb002.web@3dresearch.com> In-Reply-To: <it0bgj$1st$1@dough.gmane.org> References: <20110611110908.e4056da2.web@3dresearch.com> <it0bgj$1st$1@dough.gmane.org>
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On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:25:53 -0400 Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> wrote: > Janos Dohanics wrote: > > > Last night one of my systems stopped, it's FreeBSD 7.4-STABLE, i386. > > In /var/log/messages I found this: > > > > Jun 10 23:11:59 mail1 acpi: resumed at 20110610 23:11:59 > > Jun 10 23:11:59 mail1 postfix/postfix-script[50651]: stopping the > > Postfix mail system Jun 10 23:11:59 mail1 postfix/master[92051]: > > terminating on signal 15 Jun 10 23:11:59 mail1 ntpd[746]: ntpd > > exiting on signal 15 Jun 10 23:11:59 mail1 syslogd: exiting on > > signal 15 > > > > I guess the entry "acpi: resumed at 20110610 23:11:59" has to do > > something with the fact that the system had stopped - would some > > please comment on this? Does this entry indicate a hardware failure? > > > > Only a wild guess off the top of my head, but look at your BIOS and > disable any power management sleep and/or suspend modes. Laptops can > sleep, probably not a good idea for servers. Only a hasty guess, but > maybe somewhere to start. > > -Mike Mike, I thought about this, but this machine is a relay for a moderate amount of mail, and it's seldom idle for longer than a few minutes 24/7. Still, I'll check the BIOS - thank you for the reminder... -- Janos Dohanics
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