More crashes

[praveenmarkandu]

i am really confused. it now crashes less frequently, when i leave the computer for long periods of time. sometimes when i go to sleep. my laptop is pretty much on 24/7.

at first i thought it was a heat problem as i switched of ACPI and Laptop Mode but then i raised the laptop to give it extra airflow.

 

Aug 12 04:38:55 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.

Aug 12 04:38:55 localhost ifplugd(eth2)[24650]: Link beat lost.

Aug 12 04:38:56 localhost ifplugd(eth2)[24650]: Link beat detected.

Aug 12 04:50:20 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.

Aug 12 04:50:20 localhost ifplugd(eth2)[24650]: Link beat lost.

Aug 12 04:50:21 localhost ifplugd(eth2)[24650]: Link beat detected.

Aug 12 04:57:24 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.

Aug 12 05:01:00 localhost CROND[12327]: (root) CMD (nice -n 19 run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)

Aug 12 05:01:02 localhost msec: changed mode of /var/log/security/suid_root.today from 644 to 640

Aug 12 05:01:02 localhost msec: changed mode of /var/log/security/open_port.today from 644 to 640

Aug 12 05:01:02 localhost msec: changed mode of /var/log/security/sgid.today from 644 to 640

Aug 12 05:01:02 localhost msec: changed mode of /var/log/security/unowned_user.today from 644 to 640

Aug 12 05:01:02 localhost msec: changed mode of /var/log/security/writable.today from 644 to 640

Aug 12 05:01:02 localhost msec: changed mode of /var/log/security/unowned_group.today from 644 to 640

Aug 12 05:01:02 localhost msec: changed mode of /var/log/security/suid_md5.today from 644 to 640

Aug 12 05:09:01 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.

Aug 12 05:09:01 localhost ifplugd(eth2)[24650]: Link beat lost.

Aug 12 05:09:02 localhost ifplugd(eth2)[24650]: Link beat detected.

Aug 12 05:44:15 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.

Aug 12 05:44:15 localhost ifplugd(eth2)[24650]: Link beat lost.

Aug 12 05:44:16 localhost ifplugd(eth2)[24650]: Link beat detected.

Aug 12 06:01:00 localhost CROND[13561]: (root) CMD (nice -n 19 run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)

Aug 12 10:17:47 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart.

these are the last few lines of my log. please help. TIA

[ianw1974]

Is the netplugd service enabled?

 

chkconfig --list netplugd

 

if it's got "on" against any of them, this could be causing the link problem, so:

 

service netplugd stop
chkconfig netplugd off

 

and then see how it performs. It won't attempt to de-activate the connection now that netplugd is disabled.

[praveenmarkandu]

[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig --list netplugd
netplugd		0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off

its alredy not running

[Guest GBee]

The problem is the msec script in the hourly cron folder (/etc/cron.hourly). For some reason, maybe because it's changing switching permissions from underneath a running process it causes regular hard crashes. Deleting the script or maybe even uninstalling msec should stop the crashes. Beware that if you don't uninstall msec the script may be re-installed.