[plug] Linux conf hang....

[Kai]

> > What is the next thing to do if I can see any specific program is
freezing
> > on the first console?
>
> Hmmm, good question :)
> Kill it, see if it's got a verbose debugging option (-v commonly),
> generally explore and pray that it is that program and not something
> upstream that's causing it to shudder. Otherwise keeping digging, I can't
> really offer any more general insight sorry!

Righto, I'll write that one down to so I can test it tomorrow.

> > There's a 4 Port PCI card in the server that is configured to use
specific
> > I/O and IRQ settings using setserial. Is it possible the power down may
have
> > 'cause some software IRQ conflict problems? if this is the case, it'd be
a
> > simple thing of telnetting into the server from another machine (since
> > Telnet does work), editing /etc/rc.d/rc.local and or /etc/inittab and
> > temporarily commenting out the setserial commands, see if that cures it?
>
> Uh, it's a possibility, having very little experience with multi IO cards,
> I can't really comment. You said before that they can't auth - do you know
> if the machines themselves are talking and not just the modems? You might
> be right about the serial ports not working - can you remotely test each
> modem to see if they respond to a simple AT?

Orright, I'll take that into consideration also !

> Spurious thoughts, perhaps something might help :)
>
> Bernard.

Thanks for your help Bernard.!
Will let you's know how it goes.

Kai