From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 10 15:57:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE19416A41F for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:57:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82A4043D45 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:57:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1EP01p-000DyT-Q1; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:57:29 -0600 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:57:29 -0600 To: Paul Schmehl X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on hobbiton.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What are the likely causes of reboots? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:57:30 -0000 On Oct 10, 2005, at 9:54 AM, Paul Schmehl wrote: > Since I only got one answer, I'm resending this in the hope that > others will respond. > > I maintain a small hobby website running on FreeBSD 5.4. I'm > pasting in the dmesg.boot at the end of this post so you can see > the hardware. > > In the past week, the server has rebooted three times, and I can't > find any explanation for it in the logs. I *suspect* these might > be "mistakes" by the ISP's techs (or possibly the UPS isn't really > working as it should), but I want to rule out other possible > explanations before I talk to them. > > What are the possible causes of spontaneous reboots? And what > artifacts would be left behind that might indicate the source of > the problem? Are there any utilities I can use to monitor the > system and possibly discover the source of the problem? Any > special files or logs in unusual places that might give me a clue? > Set it up to record the kernel crash dump when it crashes so you can see what it says... --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net