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How can I view logs from last session? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by Nednarb44@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have a server running Debian 12. It seems to hang up and freeze sometime between 12 hours and like 2-3 days. I really want to see what's happening, but I can't access my containers with the web UIs, can SSH, and adding a monitor shows the DE completely frozen. Rebooting fixes it for a while, but it locks up again after some time.

I had the same issue with 10 year old hardware so I threw together a "new" machine with some spare parts and it still happens I also tried rocky Linux and the same thing happened on both machines.

Any help and direction would be greatly appreciated!

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[–] bodaciousFern@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

A few decades ago I bought a used IBM as a *nix server, but it would lock up at nearly random intervals like you describe. Tried a different Linux distro... same issues. Tried BSD - same issues!

It wasn't until after I learned of the 1999-2007 capacitor plague that I inspected the motherboard and saw that yes, several of the capacitories were bulging.

https://www.robotroom.com/Faulty-Capacitors-1.html

I mailed the motherboard to a servicer who replaced all the capacitors for a nominal fee. After that it was a rock solid system. You mention that this is recent hardware, but I would still suggest taking a peek at those caps.

[–] Nednarb44@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

That's a fair point too. I'm really hoping it's not a hardware problem, but I'll definitely take a look at that