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On 7/30/07, Dan Cowsill <danthehat@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I just got myself a new laptop and wanted to install Gentoo on it. |
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> After getting a working base system installed, I tried to install |
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> Xorg-x11, but the machine froze while trying to compile gcc. Keep in |
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> mind, there were no error messages, logs or anything of that nature. |
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> Just a straight up lack of any sort of control over the system. |
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> Now, just a little while ago I decided I'd try a different approach. |
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> I thought perhaps the problem lies in how I compiled the kernel. I |
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> tried to emerge gcc in the livecd environment with my gentoo install |
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> chrooted and sure enough, same deal. |
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> Does anyone know what could cause this? Or perhaps, what I should |
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> look for to solve this problem? |
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Probably your laptop overheated... It happened to me once. |
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Make sure that all fans are not obstructed in any way, and think about |
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setting up CPU frequency scaling according to the CPU temperature, was |
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the only way to get my laptop to compile stuff like GCC and |
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OpenOffice, to set it down to 2.0 GHz when it reaches 70 degrees, |
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instead of its full 2.6GHz. |
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Daniel da Veiga |
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Computer Operator - RS - Brazil |
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