server crash after karmic upgrade

[Res]

On Thu, 25 Mar 2010, Tom H wrote:

>>> Yesterday I upgraded my home server to Karmic.
>>> The upgrade seems to have completed correctly.  However, when I came
>>> home today, the server was off line, could not be pinged , no samba,
>>> no ssh, no intranet pages.  The only way to restart was from the power
>>> switch.  After restart, everything worked fine.  There were some
>>> upgrades I applied when I ssh'ed in to the box, all seemed well.
>>> About an hour later, it was off line again.
>>> At this point, I don't even know the right questions to ask or what
>>> log files to check.  Any suggestions?  Tips for where to find more info?
>
>> Not even a guess where to start looking?
>
> The logs; start with kern.log or messages.log.




or plug a monitor into it, one assumes since its a server it does not have 
gui components installed, if its in panic, should be something on screen


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Res

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