Is there a problem with running
# service --status-all
as root over ssh?
A system that I performed this command upon has become non-responsive on all
ports, leading me to conclude that it is either hung or the cpu is completely
consumed with some task.
Regards,
Output to point of failure:
...
Active Mount Points:
--------------------
hcid is stopped
sdpd is stopped
hidd is stopped
cpuspeed is stopped
crond (pid 3334) is running...
cupsd (pid 3806) is running...
cups-config-daemon (pid 3404) is running...
dc_client is stopped
dc_server is stopped
dhcpd is stopped
Device not specified in /etc/sysconfig/diskdump
Usage: /etc/init.d/dkms_autoinstaller {start|stop}
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James B. Byrne wrote:> Is there a problem with running > > # service --status-all > > as root over ssh? > > A system that I performed this command upon has become non-responsive on all > ports, leading me to conclude that it is either hung or the cpu is completely > consumed with some task. > > Regards, > > Output to point of failure: > > ... > Active Mount Points: > -------------------- > hcid is stopped > sdpd is stopped > hidd is stopped > cpuspeed is stopped > crond (pid 3334) is running... > cupsd (pid 3806) is running... > cups-config-daemon (pid 3404) is running... > dc_client is stopped > dc_server is stopped > dhcpd is stopped > Device not specified in /etc/sysconfig/diskdump > Usage: /etc/init.d/dkms_autoinstaller {start|stop} >sounds like some service in /etc/init.d crashed when it was invoked with `status` as the argument. dkms_autoinstaller simply didn't support status, so it returned that error.