Re: strange reboot
High,
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Oohara Yuuma wrote:
> [Please Cc: to me because I am not subscribed to the list.]
>
> My machine was rebooted, but I didn't typed "reboot" or
> "shutdown" or something, and the log says nothing about it.
>
> "last -x" says
> oohara tty2 Tue Aug 21 19:56 still logged in
> oohara tty2 Tue Aug 21 16:01 - 17:07 (01:05)
> runlevel (to lvl 2) 2.2.19 Tue Aug 21 16:01 - 20:06 (04:04)
> reboot system boot 2.2.19 Tue Aug 21 16:01 (04:04)
> shutdown system down 2.2.19 Tue Aug 21 16:00 - 20:06 (04:05)
> runlevel (to lvl 6) 2.2.19 Tue Aug 21 16:00 - 16:00 (00:00)
> oohara tty2 Tue Aug 21 15:22 - down (00:37)
> runlevel (to lvl 2) 2.2.19 Tue Aug 21 12:45 - 16:00 (03:15)
> reboot system boot 2.2.19 Tue Aug 21 12:45 (03:15)
> oohara tty2 Tue Aug 21 09:02 - 10:02 (01:00)
> oohara tty2 Tue Aug 21 01:35 - 04:14 (02:38)
> runlevel (to lvl 2) 2.2.19 Tue Aug 21 01:32 - 12:45 (11:12)
> reboot system boot 2.2.19 Tue Aug 21 01:32 (14:27)
> shutdown system down 2.2.19 Tue Aug 21 01:17 - 16:00 (14:43)
>
> What I think is strange is
> reboot system boot 2.2.19 Tue Aug 21 12:45 (03:15)
>
> According to /var/log/syslog , it seems to be a normal reboot,
> but I can't see why it happened (for example, "sudo" entry or
> root's login).
>
> "ps aux" said
> root 1 0.0 0.4 1020 464 ? S 12:43 0:05 init [2]
> (Note that [2] is what "ps aux" said --- it is not a foot-mark.)
>
> My machine was virtually stand alone because the only network
> connection is a modem, which was off. It is in my house,
> and I live alone, so no one could touch it. Of course, I didn't
> touch it. What is happening?
>
Perhaps something wrong with APM? Or your computer was overheathed and the
BIOS came into action?
I have no APM so I do not know how this works, but it could be something.
Greetz,
Sebastiaan
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