Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 10:11:16 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Vishwas <vtp@PKI.ecom.tifr.res.in> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: my FreeBSD-4.5 gets rebooted everyday at 3:03am !! Message-ID: <3CD68F04.70801@potentialtech.com> References: <20020506191417.E39626-100000@PKI.ecom.tifr.res.in>
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Vishwas wrote: > Thanks Bill: > Yes Bill, you are right. The time in /etc/crontab is set for > 3:01am for daily jobs. And after checkups the system is getting rebooted > at 3:03!! > > But how will I go to the root of the problem ? Is there any way to find > out the cause ? Even i tried to analyse the log > files.../var/log/messages, last etc. but not getting a clue ..... :-( Reread my original reply and you'll find all the answers you need. Read also the information in the links provided. The FreeBSD documentation team has done an excellent job of documenting the procedures, and I'm not going to attempt to reproduce. > On Mon, 6 May 2002, Bill Moran wrote: > > >>Vishwas wrote: >> >>>Hello All: >>> My FreeBSD-4.5 reboots automatically everynight at 3:03. I have >>>checked the cron entries. I haven't done any modifications to the system >>>after installation. >>> >>>Am I the one who has been singled out by FreeBSD or someone else is also >>>there ? :-)) >> >>This comes up every so often. 3:00AM is when certain system maintenance tools >>run, and this is likely causing your problem. >>First thing to do is to disable the daily run in /etc/crontab and see if the >>problem goes away. If it does, you've found the culpret and the solution is >>a little more involved. >>Hopefully you can afford some testing time on the machine. The first thing to >>do is to cvsup and update your system to the latest stable, in case it's a >>problem that's already been fixed: >>http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cutting-edge.html >>Enable kernel crash dumps as described here: >>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html >>And analyze what's going on. If you don't understand kernel debugging, post >>the results of a gdb session to the list asking for advice. Michael Lucas >>wrote an excellent article on this for onlamp.com, I suggest you read that >>as well. >> >>-- >>Bill Moran >>Potential Technology >>http://www.potentialtech.com >> >> > > > > -- Bill Moran Potential Technology http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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