Logging into bogged down server

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On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 13:40, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 20:07 -0800, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
> > For some reason, this email client deletes all the received message when I reply
> > and then select text instead of html... When I get back home and restart the FC4
> > machine, I'll get back on SquirrelMail. Anyways... I'm STILL trying to ssh into
> > the bogged down server. No luck yet. I did change the DNS server to send stuff
> > away from this server in the hopes it would eventuall finish off all those
> > processes and start accepting my ssh login (to the IP address instead of the
> > domain). No luck so far. In a couple days I can go hit the reset button.
> > 
> > Besides the modifications to configs suggested so far, I'm also thinking of
> > adding a hardware watchdog timer to the machine so it'll reset itself should it
> > ever do this again. I've seen a couple circuits on the web, based on a 555 timer.
> > One of them I found looked like it could be locked up if the machine crashed
> > during a watchdog reset. Back when I was designing MC6802 based systems, I did a
> > watchdog timer like that and had to drive 100 miles in Kansas to hit the reset
> > switch on a system. Watchdog timers I design now reset on an edge instead of a
> > level so if the reset line gets stuck at either level, the watchdog will time out
> > and reset the system. So, that's my next project! 
> 
> Useful.  We use remote-controlled power strips.  You can log into the
> strip (modem or TCP/IP) and power-cycle any of the outlets on it. 
> HIGHLY recommended for "dark data centers".
> 
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