From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 718691381F3 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:39:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3D5FD21C06A; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:38:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ye0-f181.google.com (mail-ye0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E2A2E21C009 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:37:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ye0-f181.google.com with SMTP id r11so3611yen.40 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:37:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=sbYItQYis+14LkBcnsUfao0G6I1xzIRSYw8j/SsnHjc=; b=xdJujkDSteOpVZKac+M4900enzAyWenfVj48+aALcWYj5xidpXrBRcascRmSZbg0B+ iuq8mSAYu5BrTwW0isGkee4tHT71kY3Xb/2Dijg77Mr94V94qOR6oSEci9ZtHZVnnt7l lPc7F8XlI61DOjtazq8DAyiWhxjCoYFU+5wmyoEgjdK/xmRJDY/oLoB97JWPWRnPeRj2 KoAWHkr26iENX7/LMCE89xUkKR/le8tdZrA1AjLA59t9iLMddZlDDHmqQ1mb5W5O34cY OcReqD+pOKhm75ASpSD6p4rdFEMQJpD/sh5OpGb+ykb/bNIqggSxqsOZWADADmxCl6T6 ekjQ== Received: by 10.236.71.197 with SMTP id r45mr294370yhd.113.1352867855967; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:37:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-92-157.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.92.157]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m26sm11882622yhc.17.2012.11.13.20.37.33 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:37:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <50A3200C.5070909@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:37:32 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121106 Firefox/16.0 SeaMonkey/2.13.2 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss! References: <50A3122C.5090208@curtin.edu.au> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.5 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------070403090609070801070507" X-Archives-Salt: cd9c4378-d17e-44a1-acb8-d9fb89f2c011 X-Archives-Hash: 3c9a71c4f6dee069944c4e927ca56edb This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070403090609070801070507 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Willie wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Andrew Lowe <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 > > > > > 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 , 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 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 :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! --------------070403090609070801070507 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Willie wrote:


On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Andrew Lowe <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>

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, 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

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

:-)  :-)  
-- 
I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
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