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

[Damian]

On 03/10/2016 14:34, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> Hoi Damian,
>
> Monday, October 3, 2016, 12:31:55 PM, you wrote:
>
>> 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.
> One remark for next time. Never use a vacuum to clean a computer as it
> will create static electricity which can cause damage!
> Anyway succes!

D'oh! I Didn't know that. Thanks Hika