On 10/23/2014 08:32 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > 2014/10/24 9:57 "~Stack~" <i.am.stack@gmail.com > <mailto:i.am.stack@gmail.com>>: <snip> >> It boots and it will sit at the log in screen for quite some time like >> everything is good and happy. If I log in either via GUI (LXDE) or via >> command line, the laptop goes to sleep anywhere between 2 and 15 seconds >> later. > > CLI? From a virtual (CTRL-ALT-fN) terminal? That is correct. > I'd suspect something in power management, maybe, but who knows? > > Is sshd running so you could try logging in from the network? If it > doesn't go to sleep when logged in from the network, that would be a > data point. > > And, assuming the translating from binary to text didn't get in the way, > it would allow you to do a looped tail on the log files to try to watch > while you logged in from the keyboard. > > Of course, having another user logged in might trigger the "Can't log > off while other users are logged." condition, but that would be yet > another data point. It does go to sleep when logged in remotely. > > Or have you tried booting a live image on an external device so you can > read the logs at better leisure, grep, etc.? Unfortunately, there are a number of reason why this is a test laptop. The CD-ROM being busted is one...not booting from USB is another...To install Jessie I rigged a PXE boot menu to launch the contents for a network install. Thanks!
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