[plug] Dying Samba Server

[Daniel Pearson (Flashware Solutions)]

Daniel Pearson (Flashware Solutions) wrote:
> Tomasz Grzegurzko wrote:
>> On 11/2/06, Daniel Pearson (Flashware Solutions) 
>> <daniel at flashware.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Ok, so I've got a box running Ubuntu Server running kernel 
>>> 2.6.15-23-amd64
>>> (that I'm using as a Samba DC/FS) - and in recent weeks it seems to 
>>> have
>>> just completed halted at least once a week.
>>>
>>>  I've had a look through /var/log/messages kern.log and syslog and 
>>> can't
>>> seem to find any 'error' messages in there.. where else should I be 
>>> looking?
>>>
>>>  TIA; Dan
>>>
>> Is there anything on the console when it "goes"? Kernel panics, HDD
>> read errors, anything like that? I've found such `hard' lockups are
>> usually the result of hardware failures but narrowing them down may
>> require a peek at the console to verify if anything happened before
>> that freeze.
> That were my thoughts, also - there's no monitor attached to it, and 
> I'm never anywhere near it when it does.. it sits remotely..
>
> Is there a way to cat * in /var/log and search for 'error' and/or 'hda' ?
>
Ok, a grep of messages.0 for 'hda' shows..


Oct 23 11:53:51 flashware-svr01 kernel: [1009401.362845] hda: status 
timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Oct 23 11:53:51 flashware-svr01 kernel: [1009421.432845] hda: 
dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
Oct 23 11:53:51 flashware-svr01 kernel: [1009431.424727] hda: DMA 
timeout error
Oct 23 11:53:51 flashware-svr01 kernel: [1009431.434985] hda: dma 
timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Oct 23 11:53:51 flashware-svr01 kernel: [1009431.499423] hda: status 
error: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }
Oct 23 11:53:51 flashware-svr01 kernel: [1009431.637266] hda: status 
timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Oct 23 11:53:51 flashware-svr01 kernel: [1009451.708247] hda: 
dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
Oct 23 11:53:51 flashware-svr01 kernel: [1009461.700129] hda: DMA 
timeout error
Oct 23 11:53:51 flashware-svr01 kernel: [1009461.710460] hda: dma 
timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Oct 23 11:53:51 flashware-svr01 kernel: [1009461.776676] hda: status 
error: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }
Oct 23 11:53:51 flashware-svr01 kernel: [1009461.911689] hda: status 
timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Oct 23 14:56:58 flashware-svr01 kernel: [    0.000000] Bootdata ok 
(command line is root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash)
Oct 23 14:56:58 flashware-svr01 kernel: [    0.000000] Kernel command 
line: root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash
Oct 23 14:56:58 flashware-svr01 kernel: [   13.774740]     ide0: BM-DMA 
at 0xfc00-0xfc07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
Oct 23 14:56:58 flashware-svr01 kernel: [   14.226099] hda: ST3200827A, 
ATA DISK drive
Oct 23 14:56:58 flashware-svr01 kernel: [   16.605512] hda: max request 
size: 1024KiB
Oct 23 14:56:58 flashware-svr01 kernel: [   16.651328] hda: 390721968 
sectors (200049 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=24321/255/63, UDMA(100)
Oct 23 14:56:58 flashware-svr01 kernel: [   16.675675] hda: cache 
flushes supported
Oct 23 14:56:58 flashware-svr01 kernel: [   16.675732]  hda: hda1 hda2 < 
hda5 >
Oct 23 14:56:58 flashware-svr01 kernel: [   19.853766] EXT3-fs: hda1: 
orphan cleanup on readonly fs
Oct 23 14:56:58 flashware-svr01 kernel: [   19.889744] EXT3-fs: hda1: 2 
orphan inodes deleted
Oct 23 14:56:58 flashware-svr01 kernel: [   26.848552] Adding 2988048k 
swap on /dev/hda5.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2988048k
Oct 23 14:56:58 flashware-svr01 kernel: [   26.993837] EXT3 FS on hda1, 
internal journal
Oct 23 20:35:23 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20429.780772] hda: 
dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
Oct 23 20:35:34 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20439.772416] hda: DMA timeout 
error
Oct 23 20:35:34 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20439.778841] hda: dma timeout 
error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Oct 23 20:35:34 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20439.824050] hda: status 
error: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }
Oct 23 20:35:34 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20439.949375] hda: status 
timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Oct 23 20:35:54 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20460.005494] hda: 
dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
Oct 23 20:36:04 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20469.997137] hda: DMA timeout 
error
Oct 23 20:36:04 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20470.006199] hda: dma timeout 
error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Oct 23 20:36:04 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20470.069646] hda: status 
error: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }
Oct 23 20:36:04 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20470.203815] hda: status 
timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Oct 23 20:36:24 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20490.270181] hda: 
dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
Oct 23 20:36:34 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20500.261823] hda: DMA timeout 
error
Oct 23 20:36:34 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20500.272127] hda: dma timeout 
error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Oct 23 20:36:34 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20500.337236] hda: status 
error: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }
Oct 23 20:36:34 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20500.478237] hda: status 
timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Oct 23 20:36:54 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20520.544860] hda: 
dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
Oct 23 20:37:05 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20530.536504] hda: DMA timeout 
error
Oct 23 20:37:05 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20530.546891] hda: dma timeout 
error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Oct 23 20:37:05 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20530.609751] hda: status 
error: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }
Oct 23 20:37:05 flashware-svr01 kernel: [20530.742668] hda: status 
timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Oct 26 19:51:25 flashware-svr01 kernel: [276774.505573] hda: status 
timeout: status=0x80 { Busy }