[mythtv-users] Backend machine seems to crash every few days

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi stinga,

Tuesday, October 11, 2016, 12:23:44 PM, you wrote:

> On 09/10/16 02:06, Damian Surr wrote:
>> Just got back, but it's 2am so I'm not about to start digging logs 
>> out. The keyboard, mouse and screen meant that I could shutdown 
>> properly rather than just holding the power button for 10 seconds.
>>
>> Everything seemed responsive apart from the network connection being 
>> down. My VPN was disconnected, so was Dropbox and SpiderOak. And the 
>> shared network drives on the server were not accessible from my 
>> Windows machine.
>>
>> Is there a way of getting to the bottom of this now that I've 
>> rebooted, or do I need to wait until it happens again?
>>
>> I had already closed htop and iotop (if they are the right names .. 
>> it's late!), so don't know if they would have been useful. 

> So it looks like the issue is network related. What follows is a ramble
> on things to look at.

> It could be physical or ip address related if using dhcp etc.

> If you are using dhcp to get an ip address can you try giving it a 
> static ip address, that would remove that part.

> If physical network then it could be dodgy cables, bad port on the 
> switch etc.

> You are not using wifi are you?
> Try rebooting the network switch next time it happens.

> Also check the backend to see if it has a network address and you 
> stop/start the network.

Recently (last month or so) we had someone with an, I believe
build-in, network card that became instable at gigabit speed. Again if
I remember correct it was a crappy driver and he had to add another
card.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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