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From: mi <Michael.Wordehoff@gmx.de>
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Roberto Sanchez schrieb zu Further power management issues:
> I don't know why this did not occur to me earlier, but here are some
> excerpts from my /var/log/messages file. Could someone please help me make
> some sense from this mess?
>
> -Roberto Sanchez
>
>
> --------------------
> CASE 1:
>
> Feb 1 17:29:27 localhost pppd[465]: primary DNS address 132.170.240.15 > Feb 1 17:29:27 localhost pppd[465]: secondary DNS address 132.170.249.15
> Feb  1 17:47:49 localhost -- MARK --
> Feb  1 18:07:49 localhost -- MARK --
> Feb  1 18:27:49 localhost -- MARK --
> Feb  1 18:45:29 localhost kernel: unloading PCMCIA Card Services
> Feb  1 18:45:31 localhost kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.
> Feb  1 18:45:31 localhost kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating.
> Feb  1 18:45:31 localhost exiting on signal 15
> Feb  1 21:38:00 localhost syslogd 1.4.1#10: restart.
> Feb  1 21:38:00 localhost kernel: klogd 1.4.1#10, log

Looks like  harmless end ( terminating ) and startup entries for two days'
session  from syslogd, who channels the logs.  Note the date.


> --------------------
> CASE 2:
>
> Feb  1 21:38:30 localhost gconfd (sanchezr-391): Resolved address
> "xml:readwrite:/home/sanchezr/.gconf" to a writable config source at
> position 1
> Feb  1 21:38:30 localhost gconfd (sanchezr-391): Resolved address
> "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config source
> at position 2
> Feb  1 21:58:00 localhost -- MARK --
> Feb  1 22:18:01 localhost -- MARK --
> Feb  1 22:38:02 localhost -- MARK --
> Feb  1 22:58:02 localhost -- MARK --
> Feb  1 23:00:31 localhost gconfd (sanchezr-391): GConf server is not in
> use, shutting down.
> Feb  1 23:00:31 localhost gconfd (sanchezr-391): Exiting
GConf is GNOME stuff. gconfd is a kind of configuration server daemon.
Whenever you start a gnome application, even without a gnome session, gconf
looks if if there's something to do. Here resolving some internal addresses.
Job's done, so exits.
Mostly harmless !

> CASE 3:
>
> Feb  1 23:09:24 localhost pppd[436]: Sent 18811 bytes, received 43513
> bytes. Feb  1 23:09:24 localhost pppd[436]: Exit.
> Feb  1 23:09:54 localhost kernel: unloading PCMCIA Card Services
> Feb  1 23:09:55 localhost kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.
> Feb  1 23:09:55 localhost kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating.
> Feb  1 23:09:55 localhost exiting on signal 15
> Feb  2 01:47:20 localhost syslogd 1.4.1#10: restart.
> Feb 2 01:47:20 localhost kernel: klogd 1.4.1#10, log source = /proc/kmsg
> started.

see above.
You seem to read the last emails before go to sleep ;-)



> --------------------
> CASE 6:
>
> Feb  2 22:08:46 localhost pppd[980]: Sent 665150 bytes, received 1536583
> bytes. Feb  2 22:08:46 localhost pppd[980]: Exit.
> Feb  2 22:28:09 localhost -- MARK --
> Feb  2 22:48:09 localhost -- MARK --
> Feb  2 23:08:09 localhost -- MARK --
> Feb  2 23:13:52 localhost syslogd 1.4.1#10: restart.
> Feb 2 23:13:52 localhost kernel: klogd 1.4.1#10, log source = /proc/kmsg
> started.

Always the same.
pppd is your point-to-point-protocol daemon which connects you to your
provider. It exits when you terminate the connection. Just life ;-)



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;-)


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But I digress.

As far as the log messages, since they do not provide a clue as to what is causing the no-notice shutdowns, how do I find the cause? This really has me bugged. I mean I can't even run my mahine under Linux 24/7 anymore <exasperated sigh>. What kind of use is any sort of *nix OS if you can't leave it running all the time? :-)

I know about the GNOME and pppd functions, but what really has me baffled is CASE 1. I left the machine idle at 5:30pm. What could have caused the shutdown messages only 75 minutes later?

-Roberto Sanchez

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