I've a dual 1.25ghz G4 that is having issues staying up for more than a
week or two (and sometimes even a day or two). Each time I discover
this, the symptoms are the same -- pressing a key won't wake up the
display, I can't ssh into it, and it doesn't respond to pings, leaving
the only recourse the dreaded hard-boot (which I really abhore doing).
Looking in /var/log/system.log doesn't show me much:
Jan 1 10:23:12 localhost lookupd[343]: lookupd (version 324.7)
starting - Sat Jan 1 10:23:12 2005
Jan 1 10:23:13 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting network time
synchronization
Jan 1 10:23:14 localhost named[309]: loading configuration from
'/etc/com.apple.named.conf.proxy'
Jan 1 10:23:14 localhost ntpdate[364]: ntpdate email@hidden Fri Sep 12
18:30:10 PDT 2003 (1)
Jan 1 10:23:14 localhost named[309]: none:0: open:
/private/etc/rndc.key: file not found
Jan 1 10:23:14 localhost named[309]:
/etc/com.apple.named.conf.proxy:7: couldn't install keys for command
channel 127.0.0.1#54: file not found
Jan 1 10:23:14 localhost named[309]:
/etc/com.apple.named.conf.proxy:7: couldn't add command channel
127.0.0.1#54: file not found
Jan 1 10:23:16 localhost ntpdate[364]: step time server 17.254.0.26
offset 1.542164 sec
Jan 1 10:23:17 localhost ntpd[379]: ntpd email@hidden Fri Sep 12
18:30:03 PDT 2003 (1)
Jan 1 10:23:17 localhost ntpd[379]: precision = 6 usec
Jan 1 10:23:17 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting network file system
Jan 1 10:23:18 localhost set-hostname[396]: setting hostname to
Pugsley.local
Jan 1 10:23:23 localhost automount[413]: automount version 57
Jan 1 10:23:25 localhost automount[420]: automount version 57
Jan 1 10:24:25 localhost mach_init[2]: Server 0 in bootstrap d03 uid
0: "/usr/libexec/fix_prebinding": exited with non-zero status 1 [pid
507]
Jan 1 10:27:03 localhost bootpd[308]: server name Pugsley.local
Jan 2 16:24:52 localhost syslogd: restart
Jan 2 16:24:52 localhost syslogd: kernel boot file is /mach_kernel
Jan 2 16:24:52 localhost kernel: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000
us
Jan 2 16:24:52 localhost kernel: vm_page_bootstrap: 188780 free pages
Jan 2 16:24:52 localhost kernel: mig_table_max_displ = 68
Jan 2 16:24:52 localhost kernel: IOKit Component Version 7.7:
Jan 2 16:24:52 localhost kernel: Sun Nov 7 16:04:28 PST 2004;
root(rcbuilder):RELEASE_PPC/iokit/RELEASE
Jan 2 16:24:52 localhost kernel: 82 prelinked modules
Jan 2 16:24:52 localhost kernel: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991,
1993
Jan 2 16:24:52 localhost kernel: The Regents of the University of
California. All rights reserved.
Jan 2 16:24:52 localhost kernel:
Jan 2 16:24:52 localhost kernel: using 1966 buffer headers and 1966
cluster IO buffer headers
Jan 2 16:24:52 localhost kernel: AppleCPUThermo couldn't parse
platform functions
Jan 2 16:24:52 localhost kernel: Local FireWire GUID =
0xa95ff:0xfeebf92a
Jan 2 16:24:52 localhost kernel: Security auditing service present
... no entries in between 10:27a on the 1st, to 4:24p today (when I
realized it had again lapsed into a coma from which there was no
awakening). Is there somewhere else I can look to give me a clue and
help me determine the cause of these lockups? I don't think it's a
power issue -- i've a 450mhz Cube right next to it that is still up.
