If it's brand-new, have you ever installed Linux on this particular processor/motherboard combination? I had a problem with freezeups with my TurionX2 laptop until I used -noapic on the kernel line. Nothing much to do with load, except that more work = more chance of encountering the problem.
I also had heat-related issues until I got the thermal sensors coupled with the speed governor. But then the machine would just turn off abruptly. I was able to get it to run long enough to recompile by putting a pencil up under the corner where the vents are, for more clearance and airflow. More details about the system might help you get better answers. On 7/30/07, Dan Cowsill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just got myself a new laptop and wanted to install Gentoo on it. > After getting a working base system installed, I tried to install > Xorg-x11, but the machine froze while trying to compile gcc. Keep in > mind, there were no error messages, logs or anything of that nature. > Just a straight up lack of any sort of control over the system. > > Now, just a little while ago I decided I'd try a different approach. > I thought perhaps the problem lies in how I compiled the kernel. I > tried to emerge gcc in the livecd environment with my gentoo install > chrooted and sure enough, same deal. > > Does anyone know what could cause this? Or perhaps, what I should > look for to solve this problem? > > Thanks. > > -- > -·=»Ðŧħ«=·- >
