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Re: sudden power loss (WAS: sudden power loss on tibook)



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> 
> strange...
> I'm a gentoo-user and compiling frequently, but my iBook (G4,1.2GHz, got 
> it Feb05) never dies on _high_ cpu load.
> it happens mostly when I'm typing some stuff in vim or composing 
> mails/forum posts, many open rxvts,  running firefox, opera, 
> thunderbird, xchat, maybe mpd, but the cpu is still 80%+ idle.
> I got the feeling, it's more frequently with some pbbuttonsd versions, 
> but I'm not sure... sometimes I try a new kernel release and the system 
> powers of three times this day, then runs stable for over a week...
> I'm not running a daemon for cpu frequency, setting it manually when I 
> need the power.
> my current kernel is 2.6.14-gentoo-r2 and I'm running pbbuttonsd 0.7.2.
>
[...]

Does this also mean that your fan is not running at high speed before those
shutdowns?

Thanks,
Michael

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