Fedora 7

unkie888 · 06-02-2008, 03:35 AM

I have noticed problems with Fedora 7. Previously all our computers ran FC6 and they are totally stable, never needing a reboot, but since F7 there are monthly, even weekly reboots required.

The screen is black the box is dead. (bios has AC restart on). FC6 boxes hardware is same as F7 hardware.

Has anyone else noticed this?

I have to drive an hour to reboot these things, it is a pain in the butt.

ilikejam · 06-02-2008, 04:26 AM

In a word, no. I've got a Fedora 7 mail server that's got an uptime of 208 days.

Any messages in syslog?

Dave

unSpawn · 06-02-2008, 05:34 AM

I agree syslogging would be the first thing to check but isn't F7 support to be slashed soon?

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Originally Posted by ilikejam

I've got a Fedora 7 mail server that's got an uptime of 208 days.

And isn't 208 days somewhat *before* CVE-2007-5501?

ilikejam · 06-02-2008, 05:52 AM

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And isn't 208 days somewhat *before* CVE-2007-5501?

Yup, sure is. I am, however, unmoved by the possibility of someone crashing the machine - it's not doing anything critical.
I'll be moving from Fedora to CentOS on this box anyway in a few days (since support's just run out for F7).

Dave

unkie888 · 06-02-2008, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ilikejam

In a word, no. I've got a Fedora 7 mail server that's got an uptime of 208 days.

Any messages in syslog?

Dave

nothing. it just ends.

i wouldn't care about them locking up - just it's a drive to get there.

what would be nice would be a bit of hardware that can reset the power via a mobile phone.. Any ideas?

teddyt · 06-04-2008, 08:43 AM

To be perfectly honest, I would never use Fedora in an environment where instability is expensive. CentOS, Debian stable, Slackware are the distros of choice when it takes a one hour drive to reboot. Even if Fedora is absolutely necessary for some reason, I would install one of those other distros and put Fedora in a virtual machine.

Don't know if it will work, but you could check out this:
http://portal.itauth.com/2007/10/29/...remote-machine

ilikejam · 06-04-2008, 09:23 AM

Or better yet, get servers with Lights Out management, so you don't have to drive at all.

unkie888 · 06-05-2008, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by teddyt

To be perfectly honest, I would never use Fedora in an environment where instability is expensive. CentOS, Debian stable, Slackware are the distros of choice when it takes a one hour drive to reboot. Even if Fedora is absolutely necessary for some reason, I would install one of those other distros and put Fedora in a virtual machine.

Don't know if it will work, but you could check out this:
http://portal.itauth.com/2007/10/29/...remote-machine

I think you have a point.

Is Ubuntu's server edition any good?

I have started a new thread asking the question because it's a different topic from the original post;

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...9/#post3175819

teddyt · 06-06-2008, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by unkie888

I think you have a point.

Is Ubuntu's server edition any good?

I have started a new thread asking the question because it's a different topic from the original post;

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...9/#post3175819

I wouldn't recommend it. I've had some problems, including, unfortunately, system freezes. Others have been praising it, so YMMV.

Debian stable is not that different from Ubuntu. If you're comfortable with Ubuntu it will take only a little effort to use Debian.