woot !!!!
$ uptime
10:34am up 15 days, 22 min, 3 users, load average: 1.86, 2.06, 2.06
so it was damn mysql 4.1.1a version ! I've send an email to mysql but I doubt very much that they will *believe* it :-)
i hope this version of mysql (4.1.10a) doesnt bomb out after 20-30 days ...
most probably cmos battery is dying. take the battery out and goto your local walgreen/riteaid/cvs etc.
they have batteries for pda, hearing aid etc. the cmos battery is similar. All my mobos use cr2032 battery
which is quite standard in other devices. i bought 10 cr2032 from fleabay for $4 :-)
Update: 8+ days and still strong.
So I very much suspect something fishy about the mysql 4.1.1-alpha-standard.
Now I'm running mysql 4.1.10a-standard. That is the only component I changed in my configuration.
Current uptime
$ uptime
9:02am up 8 days, 22:51, 3 users, load average...
i checked crontab. That was the very first thing I did. You can also look at /var/log/cron file. There is a time stamp
and it lists any task which it is about to run. So, if it was cron issue, there would have a log in the file. Here is a sample
of what the /var/log/cron looks like.
Well...
i did check for a rootkit etc sometime back. didnt find anything out of the ordinary.
hopefully, mysql upgrade will fix it. if it crashes again at 7:30am, I'll simply reinstall new OS.
update: last week, I upgraded to mysql 4.1.10a-standard. So, far the system is stable and no morning crashes at 7:30am.
>uptime
2:44pm up 7 days, 18:24, 4 users, load average: 1.47, 1.77, 1.60
Okay, will kill the cron at 7:25 and restart it at 7:35 :-)
But I dont think cron is at issue. I dont see any thing running in the /var/log/cron at 7:25-7:30am time frame.
At the same time, it doesnt list any jobs scheduled by the at command.
At 7:25am, no one is in the laundary room...
Hmmm.. I also installed the Xvnc server around that time.
Lots of new stuff added
a) mysql server
b) libcurl/libssl
c) Xvnc (vncserver) in KDE enviroment
I gotta hookup the monitor to the box and watch for any messages between 7:25 and 7:30 everyday !
bersl2,
On sunday, I ran a script which changed the date and time to 7:25AM and then sleep for 10 mins. And then change
the date to next day, and time back to 7:25am.
date 01010725
sleep 600
date 01020725
sleep 600
.......
The script ran fine till Dec 31st, 2005.
I was hoping...
I probably also added libCurl at the same time.
But I'll be very worried if a userlevel application/library can crash the kernel !
Then what's the difference between windoze and unix ?
I'm running RH 7.2 (I know its old) since 2001. The kernel is upgraded to 2.4.29. I think my problems have started
happening after I've upgraded mysql server last May. Everything else is constant on the box.
Its so bizzare that it happens like a clock work ! It happened againt yesterday ...
dont have console hooked up.
At 7:26am, everything is suddenly quiet. Network traffic drops, number of process/second drops, even
the disk activity stops. As if system is dead or held hostage. Then right at 7:30 it reboots (or crashes).
May be I'll remove/rename reboot and shutdown commands...
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