Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 08:49 -0400, Colleen Beamer wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm having a problem. > [snip] >> and then, the laptop shuts off on me. > > It does sound like an overheating thing, as already mentioned, > especially since you had overheating problems before.
I sincerely don't think it's an overheating problem for this reason: I reposted this message with an "addendum". The addendum was that I had tried the installation with the Live CD using a gui interface. I had started this late at night and went to bed. The kernel compile again bombed, but the laptop did not turn off - it was still on when I got up the next morning. > > Can you confirm that _all_ fans are working? I thought I only had 2 > fans, but there are actually 3, so watch out for hidden ones! Also, you > could use the dell kernel module (i8k) to force your fans to full speed > and see if that helps. I'll try this suggestion. I am in doubt that it would be the fan because the fan was just replaced under warranty by Dell > Another possibility is your memory - maybe its going flaky? This is a > common compile problem that gives varied results (lockups, panics, > halts, etc). Try different ram if you have it, or only half your ram at > a time if you have 2 sticks. You could also try the memtest bootable > cd. Will consider memtest as an option, but again, the memory is reasonably new - it was upgraded recently to have more memory on the laptop. Thanks for the response. Regards, Colleen. -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
