Re: debian lenny sudden restart
Quoting Omer Zak : On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 18:21 +0300, Shimon Panfil wrote: Hi folks, today my main box running debian lenny made sudden restart. How can I investigate what was the reason? What log should I inspect? I use UPS so the reason might be more interesting that simple power failure. I have a problem, which may be related. Usually it is not restart, but the keyboard and mouse freeze in X-Window and I have to hit the Big Red Button. More rarely, the X-Window subsystem spontaneously restarts. --skipped-- It seems, you are right the actual problem is X-server crush (still do not understand why). Xlog.0 shows: ... SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled (EE) Error compiling keymap (server-0) (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled SetGrabKeysState - disabled . Don't know what does it mean. It was first (and for sure last) time I used display manager so X-server crush has lead to system restart (and long calculation was lost). -- Shimon Panfil: Industrial Physics and Simulations http://industrialphys.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Debian Lenny Xorg X-Server woes (was: Re: debian lenny sudden restart)
Shimon: 1. You may be able to save the long calculation by running it from one of the consoles instead of the X-Server. 2. Check your keyboard configuration. Any Debian Lenny Xorg X-Window expert in Linux-IL: 1. Where to set options so that the Xorg.0.log will be more verbose? (according to man Xorg, the -logverbose option sets the verbosity level) 2. Does the X-Server log runtime information (rather than init-time only) in the same logfile or in another logfile? If in another logfile - where? --- Omer On Sat, 2009-07-18 at 09:58 +0300, Shimon Panfil wrote: > Quoting Omer Zak : > > > On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 18:21 +0300, Shimon Panfil wrote: > >> Hi folks, > >> today my main box running debian lenny made sudden restart. How can I > >> investigate what was the reason? What log should I inspect? I use UPS > >> so the reason might be more interesting that simple power failure. > > > > I have a problem, which may be related. > > > > Usually it is not restart, but the keyboard and mouse freeze in X-Window > > and I have to hit the Big Red Button. > > More rarely, the X-Window subsystem spontaneously restarts. > --skipped-- > > It seems, you are right the actual problem is X-server crush (still do > not understand why). > Xlog.0 shows: > ... > SetGrabKeysState - disabled > SetGrabKeysState - enabled > (EE) Error compiling keymap (server-0) > (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap > SetGrabKeysState - disabled > SetGrabKeysState - enabled > SetGrabKeysState - disabled > . > > Don't know what does it mean. > > It was first (and for sure last) time I used display manager > so X-server crush has lead to system restart (and long calculation was lost). ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: debian lenny sudden restart
1. Are you aware of ways to switch to a different virtual console and/or cause the X server to restart - both possible from the keyboard? 2. There are ways to "checkpoint" long running processes to disk so they won't get lost on process or system crash. I'm on the road at the moment so can't provide researched links (and use a client which allows only top posting - sorry for that) Cheers, Amos On 7/18/09, Shimon Panfil wrote: > > Quoting Omer Zak : > >> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 18:21 +0300, Shimon Panfil wrote: >>> Hi folks, >>> today my main box running debian lenny made sudden restart. How can I >>> investigate what was the reason? What log should I inspect? I use UPS >>> so the reason might be more interesting that simple power failure. >> >> I have a problem, which may be related. >> >> Usually it is not restart, but the keyboard and mouse freeze in X-Window >> and I have to hit the Big Red Button. >> More rarely, the X-Window subsystem spontaneously restarts. > --skipped-- > > It seems, you are right the actual problem is X-server crush (still do > not understand why). > Xlog.0 shows: > ... > SetGrabKeysState - disabled > SetGrabKeysState - enabled > (EE) Error compiling keymap (server-0) > (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap > SetGrabKeysState - disabled > SetGrabKeysState - enabled > SetGrabKeysState - disabled > . > > Don't know what does it mean. > > It was first (and for sure last) time I used display manager > so X-server crush has lead to system restart (and long calculation was > lost). > > > > > -- > Shimon Panfil: Industrial Physics and Simulations > http://industrialphys.com > > ___ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > -- Sent from my mobile device ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: debian lenny sudden restart
On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 11:15 +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: > 1. Are you aware of ways to switch to a different virtual console > and/or cause the X server to restart - both possible from the > keyboard? Those ways don't work for me when the keyboard and mouse both freeze. > 2. There are ways to "checkpoint" long running processes to disk so > they won't get lost on process or system crash. I'll be interested in knowing about those ways, although I currently do not run long-running processes (evolution and iceweasel don't really count as such). --- Omer -- Linux Mint is insecure by design as it won't accept contributions (bug reports) from Israelis who choose to defend themselves against suicide bombers: http://eclelef.blogspot.com/2009/05/palestine_03.html My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: debian lenny sudden restart
Quoting Amos Shapira : 1. Are you aware of ways to switch to a different virtual console and/or cause the X server to restart - both possible from the keyboard? 2. There are ways to "checkpoint" long running processes to disk so they won't get lost on process or system crash. --skipped-- Yes, I am aware of ways to make long calculations, my mistake was to relay too much on debian stable -- Shimon Panfil: Industrial Physics and Simulations http://industrialphys.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
