Errors and crashing

[Gregory Nowak]

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I'd say it's more likely to be a hardware problem, then a software
one.

I don't know how fedora names its log files, but /var/log/kernel.log,
/var/log/messages.log, /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/dmesg.log (if you have that),
should help in figuring out what's happening. You should also be prepared
for the fact that the indicator of a crash might not be found in log
files. My former server for example had a motherboard which
progressively got worse and worse, and there was never any evidence in
the logs that a lock-up/crash had ever happened. Again, just looking
around in /var/log is your best bet. Good luck.

Greg


On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 05:29:50PM -0700, Juan Hernandez wrote:
> Hey guys,
> 
> I am running fc5 on my box right now, and about every 36 hours It locks and
> I have to do a hard reset, power off, power on.
> 
> What logs can I look at to see if there is any information about a lock or
> crash .
> 
> Its pretty bad.  I can't get someone to look at my screen.
> 
> I hope someone can help.
> 
> I am about to install fc6 test3, but I would like to find out if it is a
> software problem or a hardware problem.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
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