I have the up2date kernel but not any hand compiled ones. I'm keeping an
eye on it, may wind up swapping out a PS if it happens
again.<BR><BR>Thanks<BR>Justin<BR><BR>Robert Dege said:<BR>> <BR>> I
agree that it's probably hardware. RedHat 7.2 stock kernels do not<BR>>
have Power Management compiled into the kernel. You would have had
to<BR>> compiled either apm, or acpi into the kernel & have their
respecitve<BR>> daemons running in order for the linux box to power
itself off.<BR>> <BR>> Otherwise, it would have sat in a halted
state, with monitor & power<BR>> still active.<BR>> <BR>>
-Rob<BR>> <BR>>> I did but only for power, not on the serial port
to monitor the UPS. I<BR>>> have the UPS hooked up via serial to
only one linux box.<BR>>> Thanks<BR>>>
Justin<BR>>><BR>>> Richard Hubbard said:<BR>>> > You
didn't happen to have an nt or win2k machine<BR>>> > plugged into
the same ups did you? I know when they<BR>>> > do a mouse probe
on start up it sends the same signal<BR>>> > down com1 as some
ups's use to be told to turn<BR>>> > themselves off.<BR>>>
><BR>>> > --- Daniel Snyder wrote:<BR>>> >> I had
a power supply go bad on a server and it did<BR>>> >> that for
about 2 days,<BR>>> >> then it was dead.<BR>>> >>
-----Original Message-----<BR>>> >> From:
owner-nflug@nflug.org<BR>>> >>
[mailto:owner-nflug@nflug.org]On Behalf Of<BR>>> >> Justin
Bennett<BR>>> >> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 2:39
PM<BR>>> >> To: nflug<BR>>> >> Subject: Server
Crash?<BR>>> >><BR>>> >><BR>>> >> Just
had a wierd thing happen. I had a server<BR>>> >> (linux
redhat 7.2) go down,<BR>>> >> it's strange though the server
was completly off.<BR>>> >> I've seen linux crash<BR>>>
>> before, where you get a memory dump on the screen,<BR>>>
>> but never where the<BR>>> >> system powers it's self
off. The system is attached<BR>>> >> to a large UPS so
even<BR>>> >> though we've had some lights flickering due to
near<BR>>> >> by construction I don't<BR>>> >>
believe this is the issue. I see nothing in<BR>>> >>
/var/log/messages. Just a 4<BR>>> >> minute gap. Any ideas
where I could look for more<BR>>> >> information?<BR>>>
>><BR>>> >> Justin<BR>>> >> --<BR>>>
>> -------------------------------------------<BR>>> >>
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Engineer<BR>>> >> Network Administrator<BR>>> >>
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Clarence, NY 14031<BR>>> >> 716-631-0100 ext 215<BR>>>
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215<BR>>><BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Dege<BR>> <BR>>
So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny<BR>> .... If They Weren't
Happening To Me<BR><BR><BR>--
<BR>-------------------------------------------<BR>Justin Bennett<BR>Red
Hat (Linux) Certified Engineer<BR>Network Administrator<BR>Dynabrade
Inc.<BR>8989 Sheridan Dr<BR>Clarence, NY 14031<BR>716-631-0100 ext 215