On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 09:05:13PM -0000, Pollywog wrote: > I just ran the "last" command, and I noticed that my machine has crashed > several times since March 1 and in each instance, the time was the same, 17:01 > UTC. > > What is the best way to track down the cause of the crashes?
As noted elsewhere, 17:01 is the time the system rebooted, not that it died. Look through /var/log for any files updated since shortly before 17:01, and look in them for any activity going on prior to 17:01. If you're getting regular crashes at the same time, you've very likely either got a very reliable cleaning service which is disconnecting power at the same time every day, or a cron job that sets your system off. The latter may not be a broken script -- it's possible that there are hardware or other system problems which are being aggrevated by certain processing. -- Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Scope out Scoop: http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/ Nothin' rusty about Kuro5hin: http://www.kuro5hin.org/