Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

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Willie wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Andrew Lowe <250520E@curtin.edu.au
> <mailto:250520E@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 "shutdown -r now". Just completely off out of the blue
>         at random
>         times. I have been reading the logs but there is nothing
>         helpful at all.
>         It is never the same thing on the logs when it does just shutdown.
>         Sometime I can boot up and it will go off when it says
>         "Waiting for udev
>         events to finish" or something like that.
>
>         I haven't done any major upgrades in awhile, there is really
>         nothing
>         different. I installed Windows last night to see if it is a
>         hardware
>         thing but nope it stays on. I also tried reinstalling Gentoo
>         on a couple
>         of occasions on another Hard Drive but it just shutdown while
>         I was
>         getting it done.
>
>         Any help is greatly appreciated. I really don't want to be in
>         Windows
>         after I spent all that time customizing my XFCE4 desktop.
>
>         --
>
>         Willie Matthews
>         matthews.willie@gmail.com <mailto:matthews.willie@gmail.com>
>         <mailto:matthews.willie@gmail.com
>         <mailto:matthews.willie@gmail.com>>
>
>
>     Willy,
>             Before you rebuild kernels etc, do you have a live CD,
>     sysrescue, Gentoo minimal install, any of the Myth live CD's,
>     lying around? Boot that and see if a "bog standard" configuration
>     boots and displays the problem. If it gets up and is stable, then
>     there is something in your actual config. If you have sysrescue,
>     sysresccd.org <http://sysresccd.org>, if it boots and is stable,
>     you can then run a memory tester to see if anything manifests itself.
>
>             Regards,
>                     Andrew
>
>
>
> I tried to reinstall Gentoo twice, both made the computer lose power.
> I will be running the memory tester tonight when it is time to go to
> sleep for the night.
>
> -- 
>
> Willie Matthews
> matthews.willie@gmail.com <mailto:matthews.willie@gmail.com>

Did it ever give you problems during the install?  I assume you were
booted from some sort of CD/DVD/USB stick or something Linux.  If it
runs fine from one of those, then it is certainly something to do with
the install.  It could be a LOT of things and you already have plenty to
try.  I think what people are trying to do is figure out if it is
hardware or something else.  It sounds like hardware is OK but running
memtest overnight would be a good idea. 

Oh the possibilities. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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