On 16-Jun-98 Autumn wrote: > I've tried throwing up my hands in frustration, but so far it hasn't > helped. > > I have three Debian machines here, and they're rebooting quite > frequently on almost exactly the same irregular schedule. The time > between reboots has ranged from 11 to 70 hours over the past couple of > weeks. There are occasional anomalies, but the time between reboots is > usually identical to within a minute on the three machines. > > One machine (Hamm 2.0.33 as-installed) is outside our firewall. The > others (Bo, 2.0.27 as-installed, and Bo 2.0.30 customized), are inside, > but do not have regular communication with each other or the one > outside. The only exception is that the 2.0.27 machine has its clock > synchronized to the 2.0.30's with netdate. > > I can discern no patterns in the timing. I have removed all of the > packages that I reasonably can, to no avail. There are no core dumps. > Nothing useful is being logged at any time immediately preceeding the > reboots. > > Can someone suggest some other things that I should look at?
Are the machines rebooting simultaneously (i.e. at the same absolute clock times, allowing for system clocks differing), or at quite different absloute times (but with matching inter-reboot intervals)? If the former, consider your power supply. If the latter, then the Society for the Investigation of Paranormal Phenomena would like to hear from you. Best wishes, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 16-Jun-98 Time: 19:58:03 -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]