On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:46:55 +0200, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > This is almost certainly a hardware problem, but I think readers of this > list are knowledgeable enough to help me. > > My laptop shuts down at unexpected times. There are no messages in the > logs at the time of shutdown, but there are some ACPI failures at boot > time. > > When the power-off occurs, if I reboot the computer, another power-off > occurs very shortly, and so on. It seems I have to let the computer > "cool down" for a while, so I suspect this may be temperature related. > > I have started monitoring the laptop temperatures through the > sensors-applet package, and they seem to be within ranges.
Also check the hardware monitor section of the BIOS, if possible, they will give you an accurate measure. You can also check the output of "acpi -V" to find out additional data for trip points (is available). Is it a laptop or a desktop computer? > Also the power-off are less likely, if gdm3 has managed to start. > > I appreciate any advice. By your explanation, yep, looks like the micro is reaching a high temperature and it shutdowns to avoid damage. Keep the system running with the BIOS screen opened and watch fans speed rotation and system temps... and keep it so for a while to see if it also powers-off. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.08.19.19.10...@gmail.com
