[ubuntu] Ubuntu 9.10 server - locks up after 10 min without monitor

[airencracken]

My server's been up for eight hours now, so that seemed to fix it. Still a bit of a kludge though.

[sconstantin]

I believe I am having a similar problem with the desktop edition. It appears to lock up when the monitor is put to sleep by power management after inactivity. I am forced to reboot using alt+sysreq REISUB. My current solution has been to disable the monitor sleep feature and that has appeared to fix it. Not a huge deal, but annoying.

Gateway SX2800-01
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200
Integrated Intel GMA X4500 video

[pi.boy.travis]

Same issue on old Dell Dimensions desktop with integrated graphics, and disabling kernel mode setting fixes the issue. This has been a real pain, especially since I do all of my administration remotely with SSH. . .

Thanks to those who got this ironed out!

[cantthinkofanickname]

Has this really be solved? Can someone point me to the precise solution, or if I do an upgrade now (new download) will this be sufficient? I am waiting to do a headless upgrade to an 8.10 server.

[spongypants23]

Originally Posted by cantthinkofanickname Has this really be solved? Can someone point me to the precise solution, or if I do an upgrade now (new download) will this be sufficient? I am waiting to do a headless upgrade to an 8.10 server.

I don't think Ubuntu 8.10 is affected by this.

[pi.boy.travis]

Originally Posted by spongypants23 I don't think Ubuntu 8.10 is affected by this.

Correct, this is caused by kernel mode setting, used only in the 9.10 kernel.

[meg2k]

Plan to install/downgrade to a fresh 9.04 on my headless server after playing with 9.10 for one week, crash all the times with panic and hang.... while these hardwares run smoothly with 9.04 for months !

I'm noob @ Linux, may I ask how we can use the apport app to trace which program/module crashed my server?

Thanks....

[pi.boy.travis]

Originally Posted by meg2k Plan to install/downgrade to a fresh 9.04 on my headless server after playing with 9.10 for one week, crash all the times with panic and hang.... while these hardwares run smoothly with 9.04 for months ! I'm noob @ Linux, may I ask how we can use the apport app to trace which program/module crashed my server? Thanks....

Apport is only for generating a bug report based on your logfiles, it won't perform the diagnosis for you. . . if only it could. . .

If you are looking for exceptional stability, I would use 8.04, the current LTS release. Or better yet, use Debian. My file server has been running Debian for years, with absolutely no issues whatsoever.