Yes, it's a new Acer, with a Amd64 Turion mobile mk-38. I had thought initially that the cpu was to blame for the freezups as indeed I have never installed on this particular processor.
So far, so good with the freezing, though. I propped the machine up, and all seems to be going smoothly... Does anyone know of any special considerations I should take with the processor? Thanks. On 7/30/07, Dan Cowsill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I've done some reading and indeed it probably is overheating. > I'll probably prop it up on some jewel cases and blow a fan at it > until I can get a working system. Then I'll investigate cpu frequency > scaling. > > Thanks for your advice. > > On 7/30/07, Daniel da Veiga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 7/30/07, Dan Cowsill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just got myself a new laptop and wanted to install Gentoo on it. > > > After getting a working base system installed, I tried to install > > > Xorg-x11, but the machine froze while trying to compile gcc. Keep in > > > mind, there were no error messages, logs or anything of that nature. > > > Just a straight up lack of any sort of control over the system. > > > > > > Now, just a little while ago I decided I'd try a different approach. > > > I thought perhaps the problem lies in how I compiled the kernel. I > > > tried to emerge gcc in the livecd environment with my gentoo install > > > chrooted and sure enough, same deal. > > > > > > Does anyone know what could cause this? Or perhaps, what I should > > > look for to solve this problem? > > > > > > > Probably your laptop overheated... It happened to me once. > > > > Make sure that all fans are not obstructed in any way, and think about > > setting up CPU frequency scaling according to the CPU temperature, was > > the only way to get my laptop to compile stuff like GCC and > > OpenOffice, to set it down to 2.0 GHz when it reaches 70 degrees, > > instead of its full 2.6GHz. > > > > -- > > Daniel da Veiga > > Computer Operator - RS - Brazil > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > > Version: 3.1 > > GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- > > PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ > > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > > -- > -·=»Ðŧħ«=·- > -- -·=»Ðŧħ«=·-
