Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Logging Unexpected Shutdowns/Crashes w/ Linux?

Posted by Cliff on from the finding-evidence-of-the-problem dept.

sweede asks: "I have a dedicated server that seems to reboot more often than it should. In Windows 2000/XP (maybe NT4.0?), if your computer or server crashes it will leave an event message in the Event Viewer for you to review on what went wrong. Is it possible to do something similar in Linux? Where a power outage or an unexpected kernel panic will leave a message in /var/log/event (or whatever) Searching Google for 'kernel trapping' doesn't give me a whole lot of info on the subject."

1 of 86 comments (clear)

  1. Re:"Linux crashes" are probably contact failure. by gazbo · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Do you recall the parable of the Good Samaritan? Of course you do. Now bear with me here:

    Well the context around it is he is telling it to a Pharisee in answer to the question "Who is your neighbour?"

    Well, Jesus tells the story, and when he asks the Pharisee which of the three men was his neighbour, the Pharisee answers: "The one who helped him." Y'see, the thing is that the Pharisees despise the Samaritans so much that he couldn't bring himself to even say their name.

    I was just wondering if you saw any parallels between this and the fact you insist writing the quotes around "Linux crash"? Whether it had occurred to you how ridiculous it was that your dogmatic fanaticism about Linux means you can't even bring yourself to write about it crashing?