Re: How to track sudden poweroff ?
> Am 26.01.2020 um 22:16 schrieb Bertrand Dekoninck <bertrand.dekoninck@gmail.com>:
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>> It may be a hardware overheating issue. Did you install windfarm_core
>> and windfarm_fcu_controls to control the fans?
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>> -Stan Johnson
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> I've enabled them since my upgrade to sid at the end of December but I mentioned an other issue here yesterday : https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2020/01/msg00062.html
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> I would really be surprised if it is an overheating issue and more if it is a hardware problem (and I would be saddened...) . As I said, it shutdowns randomly and sometimes very early after boot. With no intensive task.
> It has never occurred during Sid's installation process (I tried several times).
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> With Wheezy, I doesn't occur either. And I do intensive tasks with it : audio processing with ardour, parallel builds with both cpus and so on. The temperature of my cpu does only increase from 55°C to 67°C doing that. My SSD is 37°C and my HD is 44°C now.
> I will monitor those temperatures with sid.
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> As John Paul suggests, I will try different kernels. First, can I try Jessie's kernel in Sid or will it be a problem with my ext4 root partition ? I'll try to build more recent kernels after that.
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> Thanks for your kind answers.
> Bertrand
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I would definitely check the water cooler. After all these years, it can leak. PowerMac7.3 has water-cooling.
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/faq/powermac-g5-liquid-cooling-info-leaks-issues.html
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