GrantC <grant_nospam@dodo.com.au> wrote:
>>> And look at other logs, ('ls -lrt' to see most recent)

>>Since I have to reboot before I review them, the times get reset. I
>>guess I'll have to boot from CD, mount the partition and then look at it.

> If they not written, I don't think that will help,
> lockup --> no log write flush to disk

When trying to track hard locks in the kernel I usually configure syslogd
to log to /dev/tty12 and then make sure that tty is active and not blanked
when the machine hangs.

Try this:
echo hello world > /dev/tty12
(then press ctrl-alt-f12 to view the result)

If I remember right the following line should then go to /etc/syslog.conf:
*.* /dev/tty12

regards Henrik
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