Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:25:08 -0600, Dale wrote: > I would add this, when you first boot up, Linux is going to do things > that windoze doesn't do so Bill is right. Running things like updatedb > is one that I can think of right off the top of my head. Linux seems to > make hardware work more tha

Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

Willie wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Andrew Lowe <2505...@curtin.edu.au > > wrote: > > On 14/11/2012 8:42 AM, Willie wrote: > > Hey Everyone, > > I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now. It seems > that >

Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Andrew Lowe <2505...@curtin.edu.au> wrote: > On 14/11/2012 8:42 AM, Willie wrote: > >> Hey Everyone, >> >> I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now. It seems that >> whenever I am in Linux my computer will just turn off. Not shutdown like >> I did "shut

Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

On 14/11/2012 8:42 AM, Willie wrote: Hey Everyone, I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now. It seems that whenever I am in Linux my computer will just turn off. Not shutdown like I did "shutdown -r now". Just completely off out of the blue at random times. I have been reading the lo

Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

Bill Kenworthy wrote: > There is a thermal safety setting in the kernel somewhere ... it used to > do this to me when a cpu heatsink came adrift ... but the cpu had to get > quite hot to trigger it (was on an Intel core2) so it was ok until it > tried to do real work ... instant off. > > Try monito

Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

I will try monitoring the temp tomorrow. It will take me rebuilding the kernel, I know that I left everything for monitoring hardware out. As for the thermal compound. That was all changed yesterday. On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > There is a thermal safety setting in th

Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Bruce Hill wrote: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 04:42:45PM -0800, Willie wrote: > > Hey Everyone, > > > > I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now. It seems that > > whenever I am in Linux my computer will just turn off. Not shutdown like > I > > did "shut

Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

There is a thermal safety setting in the kernel somewhere ... it used to do this to me when a cpu heatsink came adrift ... but the cpu had to get quite hot to trigger it (was on an Intel core2) so it was ok until it tried to do real work ... instant off. Try monitoring the temperature. Also, cpu

Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

I think you might be on to something. Here in Vegas it gets to be about 50 at night and I like to have my window open. That is when it turns off the most. I have been using this computer for years with Windows and Ubuntu Linux and this is the first time it has started to happen. Do you know of any

Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

I thought about that one also. I didn't have any errors. On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Sascha Cunz wrote: > > > I'm sure you will get lots of ideas on this one tho. There can be a lot > > of causes. > > RAM failure could be another one, which "could randomly vanish for a while > when using an

Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

I will be doing that tonight if I can get it to stay on long enough! :-) On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Bruce Hill wrote: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 04:42:45PM -0800, Willie wrote: > > Hey Everyone, > > > > I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now. It seems that > > whenever I am in

Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

The same thing doesn't happen in Windows. So I am sure it is not over heating. On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Andrew Hoffman wrote: > Sounds like it could be a hardware issue. Does it do the same thing inside > Windows? It might be overheating. Check for dust and proper cpu/powersupply > fan op

Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

Sascha Cunz wrote: >> I'm sure you will get lots of ideas on this one tho. There can be a lot >> of causes. > RAM failure could be another one, which "could randomly vanish for a while > when using another memory layout" (like in using another operating system). > > So, I'd suggest to boot up a m

Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

> I'm sure you will get lots of ideas on this one tho. There can be a lot > of causes. RAM failure could be another one, which "could randomly vanish for a while when using another memory layout" (like in using another operating system). So, I'd suggest to boot up a memory tester and let it ru

Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

Willie wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now. It seems that > whenever I am in Linux my computer will just turn off. Not shutdown > like I did "shutdown -r now". Just completely off out of the blue at > random times. I have been reading the logs but there i

Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 04:42:45PM -0800, Willie wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now. It seems that > whenever I am in Linux my computer will just turn off. Not shutdown like I > did "shutdown -r now". Just completely off out of the blue at random times.

Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

Sounds like it could be a hardware issue. Does it do the same thing inside Windows? It might be overheating. Check for dust and proper cpu/powersupply fan operation. On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Willie wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now. It seems