[unclug] Unstable RedHat 9 machine
Brian Payst
brian_payst at unc.edu
Thu Jun 10 09:13:10 EDT 2004
Looks like that might be coming from the RPC services. Have you tried
disabling them (assuming you don't need NFS, etc.)? They are enabled by
default, I believe. You might look at your memory as well, I've had bad
chips bring down servers in odd ways before.
James Jordan wrote:
> I have an unstable RedHat 9 machine acting as my department's primary
> mail server and DNS server. Obviously, having this machine crash on a
> *weekly* basis is unacceptable, and I'm at my wits end trying to figure
> this one out. I notice that while no log shows any kinds of errors
> (that I can find that is), the console occasionally shows this error:
> "svc: short len 2, dropping request". Suffice it to say, I have no idea
> what this means, and Google didn't help. Does anyone have any idea
> where I should start, or something specific to look for? I can say that
> all this instability seems to have started (though I can be 100% sure)
> with the replacement of the hard drive after a HD failure. However, I
> have run hdparm with numerous options trying to rule out hardware
> problems, and I haven't seen any errors thus far. I am running the
> latest kernel before RedHat moved to EL. Thanks for any light you can
> shed on this!
>
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Brian Payst, MS
Director of Technology & Systems Support
Division of Student Affairs
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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