[asterisk-users] New Asterisk server crashes daily

[Bob Chiodini]

Al Lougher wrote:
> Hi -
>  
> This is the first Linux server I have ever built with an installation 
> of Asterisk at Home 2.7 <mailto:Asterisk at Home%202.7>. For development I 
> have been running on VMWare on an XP box and sustained no crashes or 
> reboots. After moving Asterisk to it's own server I am experiencing 
> daily crashses (around 4am) and I'm not quite sure what the problem 
> is, nor am I sure where exactly to look for logs of any errors prior 
> and during the crash. During the crash there should be nothing running 
> so I'm not sure why it crashes at this time (perhaps some system job 
> that is running at this time?).
>  
> My hardware is: AMD Athlon 64bit 3200 CPU, 1 gig memory, 100gb hd and 
> a gigabit NIC card. The BIOS is set with defaults.
>  
> Many thanks,
> Al.
>
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Al,

Sounds like a possible memory issue.  Memtest might help diagnose.  
You'll probably need a bootable CD such as the Fedora rescue CD.

Otherwise, take a look in /var/log for the system logs.  the main log is 
messages.  The asterisk logs are in /var/log/asterisk.

Bob...