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

[Damian]

On 30/09/2016 16:24, Keith Pyle wrote:
> On 09/30/16 07:00, Damian wrote:
>> And if I need to go to the logs, how the hell do you guys get useful
>> information out of them? I may as well be looking at the code from the
>> Matrix for all of the sense they make to me!
> I'll grant that reading some of the log files can be challenging. Even 
> if you're not too familiar with them, a pattern recognition approach 
> can be useful.
>
>  1. Look at a section of the logs covering a few hours when the system
>     is behaving normally.  This will give you an idea of messages that
>     your system routinely logs and that (probably) don't relate to the
>     problem.
>  2. Look at the log messages made at the time of the problem and for a
>     few minutes previously.  Disregard messages that you saw
>     frequently in step 1.  The remainder *may* be interesting and
>     related to the problem.
>  3. If you have multiple failures logged, see if the same messages
>     appear at the time of each failure.
>  4. Pay particular attention if you see messages at any time that use
>     "fail", "not responding", "error", "fault", "out of memory",
>     "oops", "panic", or similar worrisome phrases.
>
> Once you have some suspect messages, Google for hints on their meaning 
> and/or ask.
>
> Keith
>

Thanks everyone,

I have:

- Plugged in a monitor, keyboard and mouse
- Run memtest+ for about 6 hours
- Removed and replaced the 3 hard drives and checked connections
- Hoovered up the small amount of dust that was inside.
- Got the machine running as normal again.
- Got 'top' running in a terminal.
- Installed 'htop' and 'iotop' and got them both running in terminals too.
- Installed GSmartControl and am currently running an 'Extended 
Self-test" all all 3 drives.

If it hangs again, I'll post any logs that I can find to see if you guys 
can help track down the problem further.

If I post any logs, is there iny information that I should either delete 
or 'search and replace' before I post?

Thanks everyone,
Damian