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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."

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  1. Re:Kernel Panic on Linux? Sounds like hardware pro by Drakon · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you run 2.6.0-test6 with -mm15 and some home brewed patches, you can have crashes without hardware failure

    (one who speaks from experiance) :-)

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    Buttsex.
  2. Re:Easy... by Big+Jason · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not to be confused with last | reboot, which I've done before. Doh!

  3. Yes! by twistedcubic · · Score: 4, Funny


    Is it possible to do something similar in Linux?

    Yeah, but we have to wait until our SCO insider funnels us the code.