System rebooting
Colin Law
clanlaw at gmail.com
Wed Sep 10 06:15:04 UTC 2014
On 10 September 2014 05:50, Bob <ubuntu-qygzanxc at listemail.net> wrote:
> I am using Ubuntu v14.04. The computer is currently being used as a file and
> print server.
>
> The system is rebooting at random times for some reason. I looked in the
> SYSLOG but do not see anything that indicates the reason. Is there some place
> that would indicate what the reason for the reboot is?
>
> In the SYSLOG I see a long string of ^@ characters at the time of the reboot.
> What do these characters mean?
Try running the memtest option from the boot menu, leave it running
for more than enough time that the problem would normally occur over
and see if any errors are shown or if it reboots. If you see any
problems or reboot then you have a hardware problem (not necessarily
the reverse of course).
Colin
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