March 26, 201214 yr Hi there, I have had unraid running for years now with no problems but in the last two days my server has shut itself down and I don't know why. I have posted a copy of the logs. Sorry if I haven't done it right. Many thanks Wrooty syslog.txt
March 26, 201214 yr Just happened a third time. Grr! Verify it really crashed. Is it just inaccessible on the LAN, or is it also dead on the system console? Verify the fans are all working. Overheating could do it. Then perform a memory test. Open a telnet session to the server, type tail -f /var/log/syslog and let it run. When it next crashes, it might give you a clue to the cause.
March 26, 201214 yr Author Thank you for your help! I can confirm it turns itself completely off. It also starts a parity check when turned back on. I will do as you said to try and get that log. When the system crashes where will the log be? thank you!
March 26, 201214 yr The syslog defaults to /var/log which is part of unRaid's RAM disk, so when it crashes, you lose it. Joe L. suggested that you open a telnet session and do a tail on syslog so that when/if it crashes again, you can at least cut/paste from the telnet session what was last in the syslog when it crashed. tail -f -n 500 /var/log/syslog above will display the last 500 lines (continuously) of the syslog.
March 26, 201214 yr Author So if I type tail -f -n 500 /var/log/syslog from a telnet and leave it open until it crashes it will show me what is happening?
March 26, 201214 yr They seem to be... Do you know how I can check temps? IR thermometer? Is the CPU heat-sink on firmly? If it comes loose, the CPU will shut down. Are all power cables plugged in firmly? A loose cable can cause all kinds of weird issues. Joe L.
March 26, 201214 yr Author I did just have a good look. All the fans are running and cables in place. It is very warm today so there might be a temperature problem, how can I view them?
March 26, 201214 yr What MB? Sometime u can view healt status in BIOS. Don't know how to check temps in Unraid. Maybe in the Simplfeatures add-on. http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5255.msg48867#msg48867
March 26, 201214 yr So if I type tail -f -n 500 /var/log/syslog from a telnet and leave it open until it crashes it will show me what is happening? That is the hope that whatever is causing the crash will show up in the syslog.
March 26, 201214 yr Author Joe L. has shown me how to get the logs to save after boot so now I play the waiting game..... Thank you for your help. I am a little out of my depth though. I will update this as best I can.
March 26, 201214 yr Isn't it possible to change the path for syslog in the syslog.conf to the cache drive(for those of us that use a cache drive) that way there is a continuous persistent log? What would the cons be of doing this?
March 26, 201214 yr Isn't it possible to change the path for syslog in the syslog.conf to the cache drive(for those of us that use a cache drive) that way there is a continuous persistent log? What would the cons be of doing this? If you follow the thread I pointed to, you can have the logging in multiple places. The only dis-advantage of logging to the cache drive is it will probably never get to spin down much.
March 26, 201214 yr Just re-read the thread and there was no link. I was just asking for interests sake, I'm in no need of it right now, just for future reference, . Thanks for answering the question about the disadvantages, I have sab/sb/cp running on the cache drive so it never spins down anyway.
March 26, 201214 yr Author http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5568.msg60626;topicseen#msg60626 Here's the link.
March 28, 201214 yr Author Hi all, Bad news... the logs show nothing and with unraid doing a parity check I 'm pretty sure its hardware failure or overtemp. My current system is quite old so I was thinking of getting a new motherboard, processor and ram. I like the look of this one: http://www.ebuyer.com/342571-amd-bundle-with-amd-sempron-145-oem-processor-and-cooler-patriot-signature-145oem-4gb-m5a78lmlx I would like to know your thought... Many thanks
March 28, 201214 yr Author Here you go! Besides the 8111E LAN chip problems (solved with the beta) is there anything wrong with the bundle? Is it powerful enough to run happily?? syslog.txt
March 29, 201214 yr Author Ok, with the new parts in it seems to be working. There is one thing I can't get right. When I mount a drive in the server for various uses I seem to be having problems with permissions. This is what I am using: echo "Mounting Download Drive..." mkdir /mnt/sdd1 mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt/sdd1 Could someone please change it so that anyone can read, write and delete etc and not have it hidden? Many thanks.
March 31, 201214 yr Author Finally all is fixed. I had a friend pop over and help me today. It turns out it was my samba share that was wrong. (I forgot to update it) So the server never mounted it on the share. Thanks for your help Aaron
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