Re: [LI] How to diagnose?

[Sandeep Singh Cheema <cheemas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

check /var/log/messages for any clue- especially the log entries around
the time it "sleeps"



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HCL Infosystems
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On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Nagarjuna G. wrote:

> 
> Dear linuxers,
> 
> I have a running linux server on P-III dual (445Mhz), version SuSE 6.2,
> kernel 2.2.10 on a Intel 440GX motherboard.  The performance is very good.
> However I have discovered a strange problem yesterday.  At some point it
> `hangs' for few minutes.  During this time nothing happens, though network
> is up, as pinging from other machines indicates.  No logins are possible
> from the network as well as from the console, even a simple command like `ls
> -l' takes minutes to respond. When it responds it just rocks, and when this
> sleaps it is as good as dead.  This has happened thrice yesterday for about
> 3/4 minutes. I know that this is not real hanging, because it manages to
> come out of this inactivity on its own after some time.
> 
> Now my problem is how to diagnose where the problem lies.  Any clues?
> 
> Nagarjuna
> 
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> email: nagarjun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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