The console terminal didn't respond either. I could use Ctrl-Alt-F2 to switch consoles but the console terminal wouldn't respond at all to key strokes. I didn't see any error messages on the console itself either. Faulty hardware or is it lack of RAM due to the multiple apache instances?
OpenBSD 4.0-stable (GENERIC) #3: Wed Mar 14 14:13:09 CDT 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel Pentium II ("GenuineIntel" 686-class, 512KB L2 cache) 266 MHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,MMX real mem = 66678784 (65116K) avail mem = 52568064 (51336K) using 839 buffers containing 3436544 bytes (3356K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(96) BIOS, date 08/22/99, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xec800, SMBIOS rev. 2.1 @ 0xf13e6 (54 entries) bios0: Compaq Deskpro pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xec800/0x3800 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xf6ff0/176 (9 entries) pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:20:0 ("Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x00) pcibios0: PCI bus #1 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000 0xe0000/0x8000! cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x02 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x02 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "ATI Mach64 GD" rev 0x5c wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) xl0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "3Com 3c905C 100Base-TX" rev 0x6c: irq 11, address 00:01:02:66:8e:45 bmtphy0 at xl0 phy 24: Broadcom 3C905C internal PHY, rev. 4 pcib0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x02 pciide0 at pci0 dev 20 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <IC35L060AVER07-0> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 58644MB, 120103200 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <, 40X CD-ROM, 2.B1> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 uhci0 at pci0 dev 20 function 2 "Intel 82371AB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11 usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered piixpm0 at pci0 dev 20 function 3 "Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x02: SMI iic0 at piixpm0 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 sb0 at isa0 port 0x220/24 irq 5 drq 1: dsp v3.01 midi0 at sb0: <SB MIDI UART> audio0 at sb0 opl0 at sb0: model OPL3 midi1 at opl0: <SB Yamaha OPL3> pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi2 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec biomask ff45 netmask ff45 ttymask ffc7 pctr: 686-class user-level performance counters enabled mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80 root on wd0a rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302 WARNING: / was not properly unmounted -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:49:46 -0500 > Von: Claus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: misc@openbsd.org > Betreff: Server trouble shooting > Background: > > I'm running an web server with the Apache from the base install, php, > pureftp and postgresql database to serve multiple websites. Each > websites runs in its own instance of apache and one extra instance of > apache is doing reverse proxy via the domain name. In all 5 independent > apache instances are started. I've done this to separate the domains so > that php won't be able to access the data from another domain. > > A simplified graphic representation: > > Internet > | > NAT Firewall (OpenBSD) > | > +----------------------+ > | | | > | Apache Reverse proxy | Web Server (OpenBSD 4.0) > | | | | > | dom1.com dom2.com | > +----------------------+ > > Problem: > > This is the second time that after a period of time (1 to 3 months) that > the server does not respond to http, ftp and ssh. The connection seems > to be established but the service does not respond. Ping responds fine. > The first time this happened the system was in the ddb>. Since I'm not > to familiar with kernel debugging I simply restarted the system. :( > > Question: > > Instead of simply just rebooting the system I would like to start to > learn to trouble shoot the problem. Currently I'm physically away from > the system and can't look at the console. Since I can't connect > successfully via ssh is there anything else I could be doing remotely? -- GMX FreeMail: 1 GB Postfach, 5 E-Mail-Adressen, 10 Free SMS. Alle Infos und kostenlose Anmeldung: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freemail