[Novalug] need help: server freezing / locking up

[Jay Hart]

> @greg:
>
> i have already put "options libata noacpi=1" in
> /etc/modprobe.d/options, per some discussion i saw on ubuntuforums...
>
> does the 'noacpi' line you suggest go in /boot/grub/menu.lst instead?
> i don't have a /etc/grub.conf

yes, it can go there.

Jay

>
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 20:43, greg pryzby <greg at pryzby.org> wrote:
>> in /etc/grub.conf
>> add
>>     noacpi
>> to the end of the kernel line for each kernel.
>>
>> I have issues and turns out it is  ACPI related.
>>
>> It might help....
>>
>> On 10/22/2009 07:44 PM, Richard Ertel wrote:
>>> *sigh*
>>>
>>> ok, so my fileserver is locking up. seems to always happen, anywhere
>>> from 1 minute to 4 hours after booting.  if i disconnect all four SATA
>>> hard drives (all for storage) and just have the boot drive (PATA)
>>> connected, it seems to stay up indefinitely.
>>>
>>> i've ran the SATA drives that i thought were problematic through
>>> Seagate's SeaTools, and they passed all tests.
>>>
>>> i've looked through /var/log/messages for entries when the lockup
>>> occurred, but nothing looks odd (to me, what do i know?)
>>>
>>> can anyone tell me where to start troubleshooting to get to the bottom of
>>> this?
>>>
>>> Ubuntu Server 8.04.3, all updates as of this morning.
>>>
>>> thanks!
>>
>>
>>
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