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

[Damian]

On 03/10/2016 14:36, Damian wrote:
> 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
Quick update on this.

Since I re-seated HD's and gave everything inside a squeeze in place and 
a hoover, the system hasn't hung or lost LAN connection once.

All seems good now.

Thanks for the help,
Damian