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At Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:42:13 +0000 "C. Beamer" <cbeamer@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I'm at the point where I can boot the system and I've been trying to |
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> install xorg-x11. However, the laptop keeps powering off on me. |
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> This wasn't a problem until I build the kernel where I built acpi |
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> support into it. However, I *didn't* read the ACPI Guide and obviously, |
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> should have. That's no big problem, I'll just recompile the kernel and |
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> follow what the Guide says. |
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Had you built xorg-x11 when the kernel didn't have acpi support? |
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I ask because a long build could be raising the temperature of your |
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laptop and it is shutting off to save itself from frying. |
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I have had dell service replace motherboards on two laptops because of |
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this problem. But it could be much simpler |
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1. Make sure you don't have any vents blocked. For example, don't |
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place your laptop on a soft surface if it has bottom vents. |
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2. Blow or vacuum the vents to hopefully remove any blockage. |
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> My issue is this: The computer powered off in the middle of the install |
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> of xorg-x11. This has happened a couple of times. I haven't been |
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> having problems with the laptop, so I'm pretty sure the issue has |
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> something to do with power management since I built power management |
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> into the kernel, but didn't emerge acpid. Anyway, since the emerge of |
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> xorg-x11 has bombed a couple of times, is there anything that I should |
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> do in the way of clean up before trying to emerge it again? |
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It is of course not good to have a machine shut off in the middle of |
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execution. I don't know if the heat sensing shutoff has fail-stop or |
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byzantine semantics. Presumably your file systems are journaling so |
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you have a good chance of surviving without any damage (I would do an |
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e2fsck -f --or equivalent for your filesystem type-- |
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on each filesystem, but I am somewhat paranoid). |
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Having an emerge stop (say by Control-C) in the middle of a *compile* |
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phase should not be a serious problem. You might check |
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/var/tmp/portage to see if the tmp directory for xorg-x11 is still |
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there. |
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hth, |
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allan |
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