I don't use Cent OS but I'd first look for /var/log/syslog or any other clues I could find in /var/log On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Aaron Lewis <pcrequest at gmail.com> wrote: > Coming from a Windows background, I have no idea how to troubleshoot > Linux. It's a Cent OS 5.1 Server with GUI install on the following > hardware: > > I'm running a P4 3.0 GHz, 1GB RAM, 3 hard drives: IDE 160GB for OS, > boot, swap. There are two 1TB SATA drives for MySQL. The hardware > seems sound as it passes UltraX diagnostics boot CD (test CPU, RAM, > drives, motherboard chips). It's on some kind of whitebox w/ ASROCK > board put together by General Nano. > > I installed the updates Cent OS recommends right away with the built > in updater. The OS seems to freeze and becomes unpingable and the box > needs a hard reset. my user might be doing something in My SQL when > this happens. > > Any general troubleshooting advice? Are there logs or dumps to > analyze? I'm pretty green Linux-wise. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Michael Greenly http://blog.michaelgreenly.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20080308/927f86d4/attachment.htm