Computer locking up after several days' uptime

[Nils Kassube]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> How could I get to the syslog 
> and dmesg logs if the machine hangs? Wouldn't they be overwritten on
> next boot? (I'm on a very flakey stealing-the-neighbor's-wireless
> connection as we are 'vacationing' at the mother-in-laws for the new
> year. The answer may therefore be a quick google away but that will
> have to wait until Thursday :) )

The answer is even closer, you can find it in "/var/log" but as always you 
have to know where to look :)

Some smart people obviously anticipated that problem and therefore the 
files are preserved as e.g. "/var/log/dmesg.0". However, you may have no 
luck after all if the machine is really dead because then nothing will 
write the logs to the disk after the lockup.


Nils