Hi,
My Fedora machine is still very unstable - after I
applied all the latest maintenance last week 15 August
2005 - I'm convinced it's not a coincidence - but I
can't prove it.
I actually found the following messages at the end
of /var/log/messages - that may give clue to what is
happening. Usuaully when the machine has a problem -
the windows hang or do not open or the machine crashes
back to command line with nothing written to the log.
I feel the most relevant messages are:
Aug 21 16:52:27 localhost gconfd (root-2835): SIGHUP
received, reloading all databases
Aug 21 16:52:27 localhost gconfd (root-2835): Received
signal 11, dumping core. Please report a GConf bug.
Where do I look for that GConf "dump core"? Where
do I post the info I find? Anyone else getting this
instability with Fedora 4 kernel 2.6.12
Thanks
Clive
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Last messages follow
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Aug 21 16:05:47 localhost ntpd[2303]: frequency
initialized 6.022 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/drift
Aug 21 16:05:47 localhost ntpd[2303]: configure:
keyword "authenticate" unknown, line ignored
Aug 21 16:05:47 localhost proftpd[2311]:
localhost.localdomain - ProFTPD 1.2.10 (stable) (built
Mon Aug 1 18:09:36 EDT 2005) standalone mode STARTUP
Aug 21 16:05:48 localhost gpm[2319]: *** info
[startup.c(95)]:
Aug 21 16:05:48 localhost gpm[2319]: Started gpm
successfully. Entered daemon mode.
Aug 21 16:05:48 localhost gpm[2319]: *** info
[mice.c(1766)]:
Aug 21 16:05:48 localhost gpm[2319]: imps2:
Auto-detected intellimouse PS/2
Aug 21 16:05:50 localhost xfs[2348]: ignoring font
path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
(unreadable)
Aug 21 16:05:52 localhost fstab-sync[2414]: removed
all generated mount points
Aug 21 16:05:53 localhost fstab-sync[2425]: added
mount point /media/floppy for /dev/fd0
Aug 21 16:05:53 localhost fstab-sync[2428]: added
mount point /media/cdrecorder for /dev/hdc
Aug 21 16:05:54 localhost kernel:
audit(1124636754.323:3): user pid=2439 uid=0
auid=4294967295 msg='PAM authentication:
user=clive_long exe="/bin/su" (hostname=?, addr=?,
terminal=console result=Success)'
Aug 21 16:05:54 localhost kernel:
audit(1124636754.542:4): user pid=2439 uid=0
auid=4294967295 msg='PAM accounting: user=clive_long
exe="/bin/su" (hostname=?, addr=?, terminal=console
result=Success)'
Aug 21 16:05:54 localhost su(pam_unix)[2439]: session
opened for user clive_long by (uid=0)
Aug 21 16:05:54 localhost kernel:
audit(1124636754.544:5): user pid=2439 uid=0
auid=4294967295 msg='PAM session open: user=clive_long
exe="/bin/su" (hostname=?, addr=?, terminal=console
result=Success)'
Aug 21 16:05:54 localhost kernel:
audit(1124636754.544:6): user pid=2439 uid=0
auid=4294967295 msg='PAM setcred: user=clive_long
exe="/bin/su" (hostname=?, addr=?, terminal=console
result=Success)'
Aug 21 16:05:58 localhost su(pam_unix)[2439]: session
closed for user clive_long
Aug 21 16:05:58 localhost kernel:
audit(1124636758.451:7): user pid=2439 uid=0
auid=4294967295 msg='PAM setcred: user=clive_long
exe="/bin/su" (hostname=?, addr=?, terminal=console
result=Success)'
Aug 21 16:05:58 localhost kernel:
audit(1124636758.451:8): user pid=2439 uid=0
auid=4294967295 msg='PAM session close:
user=clive_long exe="/bin/su" (hostname=?, addr=?,
terminal=console result=Success)'
Aug 21 16:06:02 localhost webmin(pam_unix)[2476]:
authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=
ruser= rhost= user=root
Aug 21 16:06:03 localhost gconfd (clive_long-2496):
starting (version 2.10.0), pid 2496 user 'clive_long'
Aug 21 16:06:03 localhost gconfd (clive_long-2496):
Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a
read-only configuration source at position 0
Aug 21 16:06:03 localhost gconfd (clive_long-2496):
Resolved address
"xml:readwrite:/home/clive_long/.gconf" to a writable
configuration source at position 1
Aug 21 16:06:03 localhost gconfd (clive_long-2496):
Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a
read-only configuration source at position 2
Aug 21 16:06:04 localhost kernel:
audit(1124636764.324:9): user pid=2476 uid=0
auid=4294967295 msg='PAM authentication: user=root
exe="/usr/bin/perl" (hostname=?, addr=?, terminal=?
result=Authentication failure)'
Aug 21 16:06:10 localhost login(pam_unix)[2501]:
session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Aug 21 16:06:10 localhost kernel:
audit(1124636770.864:10): user pid=2501 uid=0
auid=4294967295 msg='PAM authentication: user=root
exe="/bin/login" (hostname=?, addr=?, terminal=tty1
result=Success)'
Aug 21 16:06:10 localhost kernel:
audit(1124636770.864:11): user pid=2501 uid=0
auid=4294967295 msg='PAM accounting: user=root
exe="/bin/login" (hostname=?, addr=?, terminal=tty1
result=Success)'
Aug 21 16:06:10 localhost kernel:
audit(1124636770.865:12): user pid=2501 uid=0
auid=4294967295 msg='PAM session open: user=root
exe="/bin/login" (hostname=?, addr=?, terminal=tty1
result=Success)'
Aug 21 16:06:10 localhost kernel:
audit(1124636770.919:13): user pid=2501 uid=0
auid=4294967295 msg='PAM setcred: user=root
exe="/bin/login" (hostname=?, addr=?, terminal=tty1
result=Success)'
Aug 21 16:06:11 localhost -- root[2501]: ROOT LOGIN
ON tty1
Aug 21 16:06:13 localhost gconfd (clive_long-2496):
Resolved address
"xml:readwrite:/home/clive_long/.gconf" to a writable
configuration source at position 0
Aug 21 16:06:26 localhost gconfd (root-2835): starting
(version 2.10.0), pid 2835 user 'root'
Aug 21 16:06:27 localhost gconfd (root-2835): Resolved
address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory"
to a read-only configuration source at position 0
Aug 21 16:06:27 localhost gconfd (root-2835): Resolved
address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable
configuration source at position 1
Aug 21 16:06:27 localhost gconfd (root-2835): Resolved
address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults"
to a read-only configuration source at position 2
Aug 21 16:06:30 localhost gconfd (root-2835): Resolved
address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable
configuration source at position 0
Aug 21 16:11:38 localhost nmbd[2359]: [2005/08/21
16:11:38, 0]
nmbd/nmbd_become_lmb.c:become_local_master_stage2(396)
Aug 21 16:11:38 localhost nmbd[2359]: *****
Aug 21 16:11:38 localhost nmbd[2359]:
Aug 21 16:11:38 localhost nmbd[2359]: Samba name
server LINUX28GHZ is now a local master browser for
workgroup CRLGROUP on subnet 192.168.0.4
Aug 21 16:11:38 localhost nmbd[2359]:
Aug 21 16:11:38 localhost nmbd[2359]: *****
Aug 21 16:32:45 localhost ntpd[2303]: synchronized to
66.187.224.4, stratum 1
Aug 21 16:32:45 localhost ntpd[2303]: kernel time sync
disabled 0041
Aug 21 16:35:36 localhost smartd[2057]: Device:
/dev/hda, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 16:40:19 localhost ntpd[2303]: kernel time sync
enabled 0001
Aug 21 16:52:05 localhost gpm[2319]: *** info
[mice.c(1766)]:
Aug 21 16:52:05 localhost gpm[2319]: imps2:
Auto-detected intellimouse PS/2
Aug 21 16:52:27 localhost gconfd (root-2835): SIGHUP
received, reloading all databases
Aug 21 16:52:27 localhost gconfd (root-2835): Received
signal 11, dumping core. Please report a GConf bug.
