5.4-RC2: Unexpected reboots

[Ed Stover]

Hi

On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 12:39 +0200, Erik Nørgaard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have had problems recently keeping my 5.3 up, then I upgraded to 
> 5.4-RC2. Things seemed stable, but then I just ran last:
> 
> norgaard         ttyp1    charm            Sat 23 Apr 12:05   still 
> logged in
> norgaard         ttyp0    charm            Sat 23 Apr 11:57   still 
> logged in
> norgaard         ttyp0    charm            Sat 23 Apr 00:39 - 00:57  (00:17)
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 22:36
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 21:03
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 20:59
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 20:52
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 20:33
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 20:30
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 20:07
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 19:17
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 18:00
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 17:57
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 17:00
> norgaard         ttyp0    xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Fri 22 Apr 14:44 - 15:17  (00:32)
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 14:16
> norgaard         ttyp0    xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Fri 22 Apr 12:35 - 14:05  (01:30)
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 12:24
> norgaard         ttyp0    xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Fri 22 Apr 12:05 - crash  (00:18)
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 10:56
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 10:27
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 10:00
> norgaard         ttyp0    xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Fri 22 Apr 09:57 - crash  (00:03)
> reboot           ~                         Fri 22 Apr 09:55
> norgaard         ttyp0    xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Fri 22 Apr 09:27 - 09:48  (00:20)
> reboot           ~                         Thu 21 Apr 23:09
> reboot           ~                         Thu 21 Apr 22:03
> reboot           ~                         Thu 21 Apr 18:41
> norgaard         ttyp0    xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Thu 21 Apr 17:52 - 18:04  (00:12)
> reboot           ~                         Thu 21 Apr 17:18
> reboot           ~                         Thu 21 Apr 17:11
> norgaard         ttyp0    xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Thu 21 Apr 16:55 - crash  (00:16)
> reboot           ~                         Thu 21 Apr 16:10
> norgaard         ttyp0    xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Thu 21 Apr 15:38 - crash  (00:32)
> 
> I didn't realise the crashes while locked in with ssh, I thought it was 
> due to an unstable DSL. But even disregarding crashes, I have no idea 
> why all these reboots, there is no hint in /var/log/critical, 
> /var/log/kernel, /var/log/console.log, /var/log/auth.log or others.
> 
> The only thing I have noticed is a new error message in 
> /var/log/messages, happening regularly every 9 minutes:
> 
> Apr 22 15:08:14 top postfix/smtpd[874]: warning: TLS library problem: \
> 874:error:140760FC:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_CLIENT_HELLO:unknown \
> protocol:/usr/src/secure/lib/libssl/../../../crypto/openssl/ssl/s23_srvr.c:585:
> 
> However, it does not seem to sync with the reboots, and I think this is 
> due to postfix being built on the 5.3.
> 
> Any ideas what causes this? Any ideas how I can tune syslog to grap the 
> events?
> 
> Thanks, Erik
> 
Just a thought, but check your power supply fan ;)