[K12OSN] help deciphering a log file from a crash

Wed Oct 6 21:12:11 UTC 2004

Hi all,

I had a system freeze this a.m. (and sure enough I was not at school to
fix it) that locked up the server to a point where we had to turn it off
and back on.  Simply cycling the power seems to have fixed it, but it has
happened twice now in two weeks...and oddly enough...at the same time of
day (almost to the minute) and with the same 5th grade class....who I only
see every third day.  SO....I'm researching the logs to see if I can find
out why.  Below is the last set of log entries in /var/log/messages from
the time of the crash to the reboot....note the time jump from nearly 8
a.m. until almost noon....(that's how long before I knew).  Anyway...I'm
trying to figure out just what may have happened...anyone got any ideas? 
The first set of entries is the one from this a.m. just before the
crash....the second set is a typical set of entries when a person logs
in....such as my daughter Olivia :-)  There are several error
messages...and these occur for everyone....remember I'm using a Samba/LDAP
server and exporting (thus mounting) /home....everything runs fine, but
I'm wondering if there's something I may be missing that could be
fixed....let me know if anything makes sense to you.....

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Entries from just before the crash
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Oct  6 08:10:27 k12ltsp gdm(pam_unix)[2692]: session opened for user
iwistar by (uid=0)
Oct  6 08:10:30 ws1791.ltsp ltspinfod: Connection from 10.0.15.253 port
60924 
Oct  6 08:10:31 k12ltsp gconfd (iwistar-3267): starting (version 2.6.0),
pid 3267 user 'iwistar'
Oct  6 08:10:31 k12ltsp gconfd (iwistar-3268): starting (version 2.6.0),
pid 3268 user 'iwistar'
Oct  6 08:10:31 k12ltsp gconfd (iwistar-3268): Failed to get lock for
daemon, exiting: Failed to lock '/tmp/gconfd-iwistar/lock/ior': probably
another process has the lock, or your operating system has NFS file
locking misconfigured (Resource temporarily unavailable)
Oct  6 08:10:31 k12ltsp gconfd (iwistar-3267): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only config source
at position 0
Oct  6 08:10:31 k12ltsp gconfd (iwistar-3267): Resolved address
"xml:readwrite:/home//iwistar/.gconf" to a writable config source at
position 1
Oct  6 08:10:31 k12ltsp gconfd (iwistar-3267): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config source
at position 2
Oct  6 08:10:32 k12ltsp bonobo-activation-server (iwistar-3283): iid
OAFIID:BrokenNoType:20000808 has a NULL type
Oct  6 08:10:32 k12ltsp bonobo-activation-server (iwistar-3283): invalid
character '#' in iid 'OAFIID:This#!!%$iid%^$%_|~!OAFIID_ContainsBadChars'
Oct  6 08:10:49 ws120.ltsp -- MARK --
Oct  6 08:11:44 ws3835.ltsp -- MARK --
Oct  6 08:12:41 ws2286.ltsp -- MARK --
Oct  6 08:14:37 k12ltsp rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from
ws117.ltsp:655 for /opt/ltsp/i386 (/opt/ltsp/i386)
Oct  6 08:14:39 ws117.ltsp syslogd started: BusyBox v0.60.4
(2004.08.05-22:58+0000)
Oct  6 08:14:54 ws117.ltsp init: Entering runlevel: 5
Oct  6 08:15:35 k12ltsp gdm(pam_unix)[5081]: check pass; user unknown
Oct  6 08:15:35 k12ltsp gdm(pam_unix)[5081]: authentication failure;
logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ws117.ltsp:0 ruser= rhost=ws117.ltsp 
Oct  6 08:15:35 k12ltsp gdm(pam_unix)[5081]: session opened for user
aspicer by (uid=0)
Oct  6 08:15:36 k12ltsp kernel: Badness in __put_task_struct at
kernel/fork.c:87
Oct  6 08:15:36 k12ltsp kernel:  [<0211e818>] __put_task_struct+0x24/0xc2
Oct  6 08:15:36 k12ltsp kernel:  [<021223cd>] release_task+0x1d5/0x1e6
Oct  6 11:53:36 k12ltsp syslogd 1.4.1: restart (remote reception).
Oct  6 11:53:36 k12ltsp syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
Oct  6 11:53:36 k12ltsp syslog: klogd startup succeeded
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Entries for a typical user logging in....I get these for everyone
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Oct  6 16:37:19 k12ltsp rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from
ws128.ltsp:655 for /opt/ltsp/i386 (/opt/ltsp/i386)
Oct  6 16:37:20 ws128.ltsp syslogd started: BusyBox v0.60.4
(2004.08.05-22:58+0000)
Oct  6 16:37:26 ws128.ltsp init: Entering runlevel: 5
Oct  6 16:37:48 k12ltsp gdm(pam_unix)[8939]: check pass; user unknown
Oct  6 16:37:48 k12ltsp gdm(pam_unix)[8939]: authentication failure;
logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ws128.ltsp:0 ruser= rhost=ws128.ltsp 
Oct  6 16:37:51 k12ltsp gdm-binary[8939]: Couldn't authenticate user
Oct  6 16:38:02 k12ltsp gdm(pam_unix)[8939]: check pass; user unknown
Oct  6 16:38:02 k12ltsp gdm(pam_unix)[8939]: authentication failure;
logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ws128.ltsp:0 ruser= rhost=ws128.ltsp 
Oct  6 16:38:02 k12ltsp gdm(pam_unix)[8939]: session opened for user
otrask by (uid=0)
Oct  6 16:38:02 k12ltsp gdm[8939]: gdm_auth_user_add:
/home//otrask/.Xauthority has wrong permissions (should be 0600)
Oct  6 16:38:05 ws128.ltsp ltspinfod: Connection from 10.0.15.253 port
38015 
Oct  6 16:38:05 k12ltsp gconfd (otrask-9069): starting (version 2.6.0),
pid 9069 user 'otrask'
Oct  6 16:38:05 k12ltsp gconfd (otrask-9070): starting (version 2.6.0),
pid 9070 user 'otrask'
Oct  6 16:38:05 k12ltsp gconfd (otrask-9070): Failed to get lock for
daemon, exiting: Failed to lock '/tmp/gconfd-otrask/lock/ior': probably
another process has the lock, or your operating system has NFS file
locking misconfigured (Resource temporarily unavailable)
Oct  6 16:38:05 k12ltsp gconfd (otrask-9069): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only config source
at position 0
Oct  6 16:38:05 k12ltsp gconfd (otrask-9069): Resolved address
"xml:readwrite:/home//otrask/.gconf" to a writable config source at
position 1
Oct  6 16:38:05 k12ltsp gconfd (otrask-9069): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config source
at position 2
Oct  6 16:38:06 k12ltsp bonobo-activation-server (otrask-9083): iid
OAFIID:BrokenNoType:20000808 has a NULL type
Oct  6 16:38:06 k12ltsp bonobo-activation-server (otrask-9083): invalid
character '#' in iid 'OAFIID:This#!!%$iid%^$%_|~!OAFIID_ContainsBadChars'
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=

thanks!

David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Coordinator
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us
(207)923-3100