Automatic Shutdown

[abhayadevs]

hi,

i am using openSUSE 10.2, where in my server is getting shutdown periodically(may be 24 hrs). I think there no activity on the keyboard and mouse which leads to the shutdoen.

how can i disable it?

thanks and regards,
abhayadev s

[Magic31]

Hi Abhayadev,

Does the shutdown happen at a specific time in the day?
Have you looked in the /var/log/messages to see if there is any specific action listed at the time of the shutdown?

Also, what DE (KDE, GNOME, ...) are you using?

Could be there is something set in in your power management settings or BIOS causing the shutdown.

Good luck,
Wj

[abhayadevs]

Hi,

i dont think of any particular time.. may be i am watching it closly now.

the /var/log/message is like below, and it is also not having much clue in to the problem,

Jun 2 12:40:06 linux-dn86 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 10.222.42.48 port 67
Jun 2 12:40:06 linux-dn86 dhclient: DHCPACK from 10.222.42.48
Jun 2 12:40:06 linux-dn86 dhclient: bound to 10.222.42.243 -- renewal in 1429 seconds.
Jun 2 12:41:07 linux-dn86 syslog-ng[2409]: STATS: dropped 0
Jun 2 12:57:24 linux-dn86 zmd: ShutdownManager (WARN): Preparing to sleep...
Jun 2 12:57:24 linux-dn86 zmd: ShutdownManager (WARN): Going to sleep, waking up at 06/03/2009 11:47:24
Jun 2 13:03:55 linux-dn86 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 10.222.42.48 port 67
Jun 2 13:03:55 linux-dn86 dhclient: DHCPACK from 10.222.42.48
Jun 2 13:03:55 linux-dn86 dhclient: bound to 10.222.42.243 -- renewal in 1770 seconds.
Jun 2 13:33:25 linux-dn86 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 10.222.42.48 port 67
Jun 2 13:33:25 linux-dn86 dhclient: DHCPACK from 10.222.42.48
Jun 2 13:33:25 linux-dn86 dhclient: bound to 10.222.42.243 -- renewal in 1787 seconds.
Jun 2 13:41:07 linux-dn86 syslog-ng[2409]: STATS: dropped 0
Jun 2 14:03:12 linux-dn86 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 10.222.42.48 port 67
Jun 2 14:03:12 linux-dn86 dhclient: DHCPACK from 10.222.42.48
Jun 2 14:03:12 linux-dn86 dhclient: bound to 10.222.42.243 -- renewal in 1374 seconds.
Jun 2 14:26:06 linux-dn86 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 10.222.42.48 port 67
Jun 2 14:26:06 linux-dn86 dhclient: DHCPACK from 10.222.42.48
Jun 2 14:26:06 linux-dn86 dhclient: bound to 10.222.42.243 -- renewal in 1769 seconds.
Jun 2 14:41:07 linux-dn86 syslog-ng[2409]: STATS: dropped 0
Jun 2 14:55:35 linux-dn86 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 10.222.42.48 port 67
Jun 2 14:55:35 linux-dn86 dhclient: DHCPACK from 10.222.42.48
Jun 2 14:55:35 linux-dn86 dhclient: bound to 10.222.42.243 -- renewal in 1433 seconds.
Jun 2 15:19:28 linux-dn86 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 10.222.42.48 port 67
Jun 2 15:19:28 linux-dn86 dhclient: DHCPACK from 10.222.42.48
Jun 2 15:19:28 linux-dn86 dhclient: bound to 10.222.42.243 -- renewal in 1666 seconds.
Jun 2 15:41:08 linux-dn86 syslog-ng[2409]: STATS: dropped 0
Jun 2 15:47:14 linux-dn86 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 10.222.42.48 port 67
Jun 2 15:47:14 linux-dn86 dhclient: DHCPACK from 10.222.42.48
Jun 2 15:47:14 linux-dn86 dhclient: bound to 10.222.42.243 -- renewal in 1516 seconds.
Jun 4 04:04:20 linux-dn86 syslog-ng[2413]: syslog-ng version 1.6.11 starting
Jun 4 04:04:22 linux-dn86 rchal: CPU frequency scaling is not supported by your processor.
Jun 4 04:04:22 linux-dn86 rchal: boot with 'CPUFREQ=no' in to avoid this warning.
Jun 4 04:04:22 linux-dn86 rchal: Cannot load cpufreq governors - No cpufreq driver available
Jun 4 04:04:22 linux-dn86 network: Starting the DHCP DBUS Daemon
Jun 4 04:04:22 linux-dn86 network: Starting the NetworkManagerDispatcher
Jun 4 04:04:23 linux-dn86 dhcdbd: Started up.
Jun 4 04:04:23 linux-dn86 network: Starting the NetworkManager
Jun 4 04:04:24 linux-dn86 auditd: Config file /etc/audit/auditd.conf doesn't exist, skipping
Jun 4 04:04:25 linux-dn86 auditd[2929]: Init complete, auditd 1.2.6 listening for events
Jun 4 04:04:25 linux-dn86 kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Jun 4 04:04:27 linux-dn86 kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 10
Jun 4 04:04:27 linux-dn86 kernel: lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Jun 4 04:04:27 linux-dn86 kernel: IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
Jun 4 04:04:27 linux-dn86 syslog-ng[2413]: Changing permissions on special file /dev/xconsole
Jun 4 04:04:27 linux-dn86 syslog-ng[2413]: Changing permissions on special file /dev/tty10
Jun 4 04:04:27 linux-dn86 kernel: ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jun 4 04:04:27 linux-dn86 kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jun 4 04:04:27 linux-dn86 kernel: Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.



an i am using the KDE.

the power managmnet looks fine..

thank you very much,
expecting your comments,
abhayadev s

[Knurpht]

AFAICS it's not shutting down, it's going to sleep (suspend). Looks like you configured it to suspend after a certain amount of time elapsed with no activities. Please read through and check all settings in powermanagement. Check powermanagement both in KDE and Yast

[Magic31]

The /var/log/messages you posted does not contain any events showing shutdown as far as I can see?
The shutdown of zmd is your Zenworks update agent that has checked for work to do, not found much and went back to sleep... nothing shocking there.

Please post output showing the shutdown occurring and activity before shutdown. If this info is not there then maybe an unexpected powerdown is the source (loss of AC for example)? If this is the case you will probably see messages about an unclean shutdown in /var/log/boot.*