Random Reboots since upgrading to v2.4
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I upgraded to v2.4 on Feb 8th and since then I have noticed random reboots. I kept getting messages of the disk mirror rebuilding. I thought I probably had a failing disk so I finally had some time to look into it today and actually it appears to be rebooting/crashing randomly from what I can tell.
The uptime was only an hour when I looked at the console and I sure didn't reboot anything and we haven't had any power outages so it had to reboot on its own. I've looked at the system logs and I don't see anything indicating any issues. Before I upgraded this system just hummed a along without any issues.
System is a ECS ITX board with a AMD E1-2100 APU, 4GB RAM, Onboard RealTek NIC and additional Intel NIC in PCI Express slot.
Anyone got any tips or suggestions of things to look at?
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Hi,
If you have some time :
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Add an UPS,
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Test your drive(s),
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Switch back to 2.3.5 (this means using an older FreeBSD kernel / driver set - this might be an issue)
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Become a member of the Realtek NIC owner club.
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To determine what the problem is, we would need to see the crash dump output. Assuming it is keeping a crash dump.
Have you see the console when it reboots? Is there any crash output scrolling by? Or does it just reboot itself?
If it reboots without a crash dump, the odds are higher that it's hardware or hardware-related (drivers, etc)
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How will a UPS help it from randomly rebooting? Drives are fine, again this just started happening since I upgraded.
I fear I am gonna have to downgrade, I am not exactly sure how though.
Hi,
If you have some time :
-
Add an UPS,
-
Test your drive(s),
-
Switch back to 2.3.5 (this means using an older FreeBSD kernel / driver set - this might be an issue)
-
Become a member of the Realtek NIC owner club.
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I have no idea if its keeping a crash dump. Its a stock install, I haven't done anything fancy just installed some available packages. As I said this thing was humming along without issue for well over a year until I just upgraded to 2.4.
I looked into the log and I don't see anything, just the dmesg output of the boot. It reboots on it own. Where would I find a crash dump if it is keeping one?
To determine what the problem is, we would need to see the crash dump output. Assuming it is keeping a crash dump.
Have you see the console when it reboots? Is there any crash output scrolling by? Or does it just reboot itself?
If it reboots without a crash dump, the odds are higher that it's hardware or hardware-related (drivers, etc)
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I am not exactly sure how though.
I don't understand. 2.3.5 is available for download.
1. Save current config.
2. Download and re-install 2.3.5 from scratch.
3. Restore config, this will also re-install all packages.
