System stop

[Janos Dohanics]

On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:25:53 -0400
Michael Powell <nightrecon at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Janos Dohanics wrote:
> 
> > Last night one of my systems stopped, it's FreeBSD 7.4-STABLE, i386.
> > In /var/log/messages I found this:
> > 
> > Jun 10 23:11:59 mail1 acpi: resumed at 20110610 23:11:59
> > Jun 10 23:11:59 mail1 postfix/postfix-script[50651]: stopping the
> > Postfix mail system Jun 10 23:11:59 mail1 postfix/master[92051]:
> > terminating on signal 15 Jun 10 23:11:59 mail1 ntpd[746]: ntpd
> > exiting on signal 15 Jun 10 23:11:59 mail1 syslogd: exiting on
> > signal 15
> > 
> > I guess the entry "acpi: resumed at 20110610 23:11:59" has to do
> > something with the fact that the system had stopped - would some
> > please comment on this? Does this entry indicate a hardware failure?
> > 
> 
> Only a wild guess off the top of my head, but look at your BIOS and
> disable any power management sleep and/or suspend modes. Laptops can
> sleep, probably not a good idea for servers. Only a hasty guess, but
> maybe somewhere to start.
> 
> -Mike

Mike,

I thought about this, but this machine is a relay for a moderate amount
of mail, and it's seldom idle for longer than a few minutes 24/7.
Still, I'll check the BIOS - thank you for the reminder...

-- 
Janos Dohanics