[tor-relays] Relay keeps crashing (raspberry)

[David Strappazon]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. You will find my answer below.

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Le dimanche 17 mai 2020 23:11, Alexander Færøy <ahf at torproject.org> a écrit :

> Hello,
>
> On 2020/05/17 09:55, David Strappazon wrote:
>
> > I've been running a bridge since october without issue. But two days
> > ago i realized that my raspberry keep craching like every two hours or
> > so.
>
> Does the RPi crash? Or does Tor crash? The RPI craches (it is frozen). When it happens i'm disconnected from SSH, i can't ping the RPI and if i check the screen i can see the Desktop but can't move the mouse. I have to use the switch to turn it off and on.
>
> What happens when the crash happens? Does the device reboot? Does it
> stay in some unrecoverable, sad state? Or something entirely different? No, it is just frozen.
>
> > I have updated and upgrading everything: same problem. My power supply
> > looks ok.
>
> Are you sure the power supply is able to supply the RPi during longer
> peak periods of CPU activity? I don't know how to check it (will look for answer). it is the power supply i had when i ordered my ABOX kit. It is supposed to be a 5,1V - 3A power supply with a switch.
>
> Have a look at this table[1] and make sure that your power supply allows
> enough current for the RPi to run in a stable manner. I have seen some
> stability issues with an RPi where I used a random power supply that was
> not powerful enough.

For what i understand it seems ok.
>
> You could try to artificially create CPU load on the system and see if
> it becomes unstable after a while. Haven't done it yet but i will. Anyway i doubt it is the problem. It's a very "small" bridge and the best i had is 10 connexions a day.
>
> > does saving my "key" and reinstalling everything could help?
>
> Difficult to say at this point. We need a bit more information here.
>
> All the best,
> Alex.
>
> [1]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/power/README.md
>
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>
> Alexander Færøy
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