I have an Ubuntu Server 10.10 box running. I mainly use SSH through putty (Open-SSH on the server) for administration of the computer, but sometimes Open-SSH stops responding. If I log out from the server via SSH or at the terminal and leave it for a few hours, the server is completely unresponsive from the outside. I can't ping it, log in via SSH, open at HTTP connection from it, or anything. However, if I hit any key on the keyboard that is plugged into the machine then it will start responding from the outside again. And ideas? ~William
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Have you checked the powersave options in ubuntu? Click Here on HowTo ask good Question to get best Help
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There is power saving package for ubuntu, that might be installed and maybe running. Also check the powersave setting in your system bios. Click Here on HowTo ask good Question to get best Help
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What would this package be called? Unless I'm Google'ing the wrong things, I can't find the name of this package anywhere. ~William
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I don't run Ubuntu so I don't know the name, but try powersave -c at console prompt, to see, what powersave policy is used, if powersave is active. Click Here on HowTo ask good Question to get best Help
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What's about the system bios settings for power saving? Click Here on HowTo ask good Question to get best Help
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There are none ~William
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Have you checked the log files, to figure out, what causes the interruption? Click Here on HowTo ask good Question to get best Help
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I already thought about that, but I have no idea where these log files would be or even which ones to check ~William
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Main logs are stored in /var/log directory.
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I'm going to wait for it to do it again and then post the log of now until then! ~William
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You don't have to post the logs, you have to search the logs for hints.
Those logs can be very large.
You simply have to search the log entries of one day, where it happens, that you can't access the server and have to press any key at the server, to wake it up again.Click Here on HowTo ask good Question to get best Help
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I have experienced this before and it turned out to be a firewall in-between that was enforcing some strange policies regarding SSH traffic.
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