Re: finding cause of reboot
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Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:12:10 UTC
The "boot" command will give you a vague description like "shutdown" or "crash". If a crash was the cause then maybe your system isn't configured to make core dumps. I suggest forcing a crash with "sysctl debug.kdb.panic=1" while you watch the screen to see what happens. On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 7:35 AM void <void@f-m.fm> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to work out why a reboot is happening. > line power is fine. PSU is fine. > There's no coredump. > Nothing in /var/log/messages console.log all.log or daemon.log > > Is there a thing I can set somewhere which when enabled will > capture why a system reboots? > > thnx > -- > >