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Topic: [Chumby One] rebooting frequently

Hello out there,
my chumby one reboots frequently. In the syslog I find

Feb 20 20:00:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: crond: USER root pid 24213 cmd /mnt/storage/bin/restart
Feb 20 20:01:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: crond: USER root pid 24292 cmd /usr/chumby/scripts/flashplayer_watchdog
Feb 20 20:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: user root: parse error at 6-7
Feb 20 20:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: user root: parse error at /sbin/syslogd
Feb 20 20:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: user root: parse error at -l
Feb 20 20:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: user root: parse error at -R
Feb 20 20:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: crond: USER root pid 24369 cmd /usr/chumby/scripts/flashplayer_watchdog
Feb 20 20:03:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: crond: USER root pid 24446 cmd /usr/chumby/scripts/flashplayer_watchdog
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Feb 20 21:00:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: crond: USER root pid 28885 cmd /mnt/storage/bin/restart
Feb 20 21:01:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: crond: USER root pid 28964 cmd /usr/chumby/scripts/flashplayer_watchdog
Feb 20 21:01:29 chumby0 ntpd[8938]: synchronized to 194.25.134.196, stratum 2
Feb 20 21:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: user root: parse error at 6-7
Feb 20 21:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: user root: parse error at @reboot
Feb 20 21:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: user root: parse error at /sbin/syslogd
Feb 20 21:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: user root: parse error at -l
Feb 20 21:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: user root: parse error at -R
Feb 20 21:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: crond: USER root pid 29040 cmd /usr/chumby/scripts/flashplayer_watchdog
Feb 20 21:03:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: crond: USER root pid 29116 cmd /usr/chumby/scripts/flashplayer_watchdog
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Feb 20 22:00:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: crond: USER root pid 1020 cmd /usr/chumby/scripts/flashplayer_watchdog
Feb 20 22:01:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: crond: USER root pid 1096 cmd /usr/chumby/scripts/flashplayer_watchdog
Feb 20 22:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: user root: parse error at 6-7
Feb 20 22:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: user root: parse error at @reboot
Feb 20 22:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: user root: parse error at /sbin/syslogd
Feb 20 22:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: user root: parse error at -l
Feb 20 22:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: user root: parse error at -R
Feb 20 22:02:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: crond: USER root pid 1173 cmd /usr/chumby/scripts/flashplayer_watchdog
Feb 20 22:03:01 chumby0 crond[1542]: crond: USER root pid 1253 cmd /usr/chumby/scripts/flashplayer_watchdog
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What happens every hour? How can I find out?

Thanks, oliaros

  • Duane
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Re: [Chumby One] rebooting frequently

Things to try:

1) Do a firmware update for your device, even if to the same version.  This would rewrite any firmware that might have been corrupted.
2) If you're a subscribed user, try a channel with a single, simple widget to see if it's a particular widget that's causing the problem.

The error message seems to indicate that either the Flash Player is freezing, or the Control Panel is failing to set the dead man's switch that indicates that it's still running.

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