linux.gentoo.user

> > > |> My Gentoo laptop keeps freezing. It will stay up for about 30
> minutes
> > > |> and then stop responding altogether. I've checked the logs but
> there
> > > |> is nothing informative there. I'm all up to date with packages.
> How
> > > |> do you troubleshoot something like this?
> > > |>
> > > |> - Grant
> > > |
> > > | Start with "ls_sensors" and monitor CPU and motherboard temp.
> > > +1 to that. I had a laptop that was doing the exact same thing. I
> > > installed lm_sensors and saw that at rest my temp was generally 40C
> > > (that's with powersave enabled). When I compiled the temp would go up
> > > to 75C...I think the highest I ever got it was 77C.* A /little/ over
> 40
> > > is too hot...
> > >
> > > *For the Americans (like me) the easy way for C -> F is double it,
> > > subtract 10% and add 32. So the temps would be 104F, 167F and 171F.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > The laptop has stopped freezing now. Not sure what was going on.
> > Thanks a lot for all the help and I'll refer back if I need to.
> >
> > - Grant
> >
> >
>
> Do you recall what you did? Recompile a package? Blow out some dust
> bunnies? Cross your toes?

I believe it stopped freezing after it's periodic ext3 filesystem
check after a reboot, but it didn't report any type of error after the
check. Another possibility was upgrading to xscreensaver-5.05 from
5.04. Overall I'm puzzled but happy.

- Grant

> Dale
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