[Tfug] Persistent Linux and X Crashes. How to track down?

[erich]

Yes,
     I noticed that from his original post too.  By "crash" you may mean
xorg
is in a tight loop trying to access a video card. I'm wondering if you
went to a vertual console and ran a top command to see if X is gobbling
up large chunks of the processor resouces.

                                                                                                 
Cheers,
                                                                                                 
Erich


Bowie J. Poag wrote:

>Let me guess. ATI graphics card?
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>Chad Woolley wrote:
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>>It was crashed again this morning.
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>>You know, I do think it might be heat.  That has some correlation with
>>the crashes.  My "office" is the storeroom out back, so I keep it cool
>>during the day (window AC), but it gets hot at night (with 3 computers
>>on 24/7).  All fans work.  I have a huge CPU fan, multiple case fans,
>>and was very careful with my thermal paste, but it could be another
>>component besides the CPU.
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>>I have had the cover off the box for most of the past year, but
>>coincidentally I just put it back on last week, and the crashes DO
>>seem to have increased (last 2 mornings, whereas I made it for weeks
>>of uptime in the winter-fall).
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>>I guess I'll take the cover back off, and point a clip-on fan at the
>>motherboard, and see if that helps.
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>>Do any of you know if there's a relatively cheap product that has
>>temparature sensors to capture data, and plugs into a usb/serial port?
>>Then I can do trend analysis on the actual temparatures of various
>>components, and see if high temparatures correlate with the crashes.
>>I'm sure I could build something from scratch, but I don't want to
>>take that much time.
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>>Thanks for the advice, and I'll also check the logs and use the X
>>restart methods you mentioned.
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>>-- Chad
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>>On 8/2/06, Jeremy D Rogers <jdrogers at optics.arizona.edu> wrote:
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>>>On 8/2/06, Ronald Sutherland <rsutherland at epccs.com> wrote:
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>>>>Sounds like hot hardware to me... open the case blow the dust off
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>>>>damaged, bits will flip even if cold. Anyway good luck... and stay cool.
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>>>Also great advice. Do you run AC or swamp cooler? :-)
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