<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Steve wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:20090502204853.5e0567d3.Yorvik.Ubunto@GoogleMail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Sat, 2 May 2009 11:11:21 -0700 (PDT) Pete Clapham <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:peteclapham@sbcglobal.net"><peteclapham@sbcglobal.net></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hi -- I have a server that was running Intrepid; it normally boots to the ubuntu-desktop. I was working on it yesterday, when I got a segmentation fault, and it basically stopped. In order to get it to "boot" I had to flash the BIOS. Using the normal boot, it would get to the page where one enters ones user ID and password, but it would cycle through that page and not go to the desktop. In recovery mode, I could get it to drop to the root login, and it would appear to respond to inputs. My tests were to ping another machine in my lab; fine. However, it wasn't possible to SSH to the server. Can anybody advise me as to the probable nature of the problem? I suspect that the system is telling me that it's time to reload the OS and move to Jaunty, but it would be nice to know -- just in case it decides to think for itself again. Thanks. cheers, pete;;; </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> If you’ve had to flash the BIOS I’d say you have a hardware problem, possibly the power supply or over heating. Are all the fans OK and clear? </pre> </blockquote> <font face="Arial">That was my feeling too. This server is relatively good-sized. 6 x 1.5 Tb hard drives, 1 x 160 Gb hard drive, i7 processor. It has four fans in addition to the PS and CPU fans -- two blowing on the hard drives and two blowing out the back. All are in good working order. Frustrating! </font><br> </body> </html>