From: Willie <matthews.willie@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:51:17 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwZqivRNC0M4VuYiMz==+=wWWfTT73jfXNUS3UDagh=7xD4sQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50A3122C.5090208@curtin.edu.au>
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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<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
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-14 3:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-14 0:42 [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss! Willie
2012-11-14 0:46 ` Andrew Hoffman
2012-11-14 2:25 ` Willie
2012-11-14 0:57 ` Bruce Hill
2012-11-14 2:26 ` Willie
2012-11-14 2:58 ` Willie
2012-11-14 1:10 ` Dale
2012-11-14 1:28 ` Sascha Cunz
2012-11-14 2:11 ` Dale
2012-11-14 2:28 ` Willie
2012-11-14 2:33 ` Willie
2012-11-14 2:51 ` Bill Kenworthy
2012-11-14 3:07 ` Willie
2012-11-14 3:25 ` Dale
2012-11-14 9:22 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-11-14 3:38 ` Andrew Lowe
2012-11-14 3:51 ` Willie [this message]
2012-11-14 4:37 ` Dale
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