> > > |> My Gentoo laptop keeps freezing. It will stay up for about 30 > minutes > > > |> and then stop responding altogether. I've checked the logs but > there > > > |> is nothing informative there. I'm all up to date with packages. > How > > > |> do you troubleshoot something like this? > > > |> > > > |> - Grant > > > | > > > | Start with "ls_sensors" and monitor CPU and motherboard temp. > > > +1 to that. I had a laptop that was doing the exact same thing. I > > > installed lm_sensors and saw that at rest my temp was generally 40C > > > (that's with powersave enabled). When I compiled the temp would go up > > > to 75C...I think the highest I ever got it was 77C.* A /little/ over > 40 > > > is too hot... > > > > > > *For the Americans (like me) the easy way for C -> F is double it, > > > subtract 10% and add 32. So the temps would be 104F, 167F and 171F. > > > > > > > > > > The laptop has stopped freezing now. Not sure what was going on. > > Thanks a lot for all the help and I'll refer back if I need to. > > > > - Grant > > > > > > Do you recall what you did? Recompile a package? Blow out some dust > bunnies? Cross your toes?
I believe it stopped freezing after it's periodic ext3 filesystem check after a reboot, but it didn't report any type of error after the check. Another possibility was upgrading to xscreensaver-5.05 from 5.04. Overall I'm puzzled but happy. - Grant > Dale -- [email protected] mailing list
