On Monday, November 21, 2016 at 2:04:43 PM UTC-5, Loren Rogers wrote: > On 11/21/2016 11:04 AM, Loren Rogers wrote: > > > > On 11/21/2016 12:42 AM, Drew White wrote: > >> On Sunday, 20 November 2016 04:56:03 UTC+11, Loren Rogers wrote: > >>> Another correlation I've noticed is that my machine randomly shuts > >>> itself down without warning when I'm browsing in the Anon-Whonix VM. It > >>> seems that simply having the Whonix browser open causes the problem. > >>> I've not been able to pin down an exact cause, but it seems to happen > >>> after about 5-20min. When this happens, the machine sometimes ends > >>> up in > >>> a hung state (black screen) at the end of the shutdown process. > >>> > >>> I've also noticed that the fan speeds up right at it starts to > >>> shutdown. > >>> (The screen turns to the Qubes logo with the progress bar, then the fan > >>> cranks up.) Sometimes the bar makes it all the way to the end, other > >>> times it seems to simply crash to a hault. As I mentioned elsewhere, > >>> the > >>> Thinkpad X201t is known to have overheating issues, but I'm not sure if > >>> this is related. I'm not working the machine particularly hard (just > >>> browsing articles on the web), and the hardware is not particularly hot > >>> to the touch. > >> When it gets to the qubes logo screen, press ESC to see what it's > >> actually doing. > >> > >> If you wish to always know what it's doing, turn off rhgb and quiet > >> in the boot config. > >> > >> Then you will see where the issue is. > > > > Thanks, I'll give that a shot next time it happens. I feel like it'll > > go by too quickly for me to see what's happening; does it also write > > its activity to a log somewhere? > > I can now confirm that it's an over heating issue. When it went into the > automatic shutdown sequence, I pressed escape and managed to take note > of a few of the messages. One of the very first ones was something about > "thermal_zone_0 critical temperature reached: 128C", which I assume is > the cause. (This isn't an exact quote, since I noted it from memory.) > > This raises some questions: > - What could be causing this overheating issue in Whonix? > - Is 128C a normal temperature for the safety shutdown to kick in? > - Does Qubes have a warning / alert system for potential overheat? (Like > low battery)
maybet thats your hdd reported temp? Fedora use smartctl by default I think? could be your hdd is going if its the case. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/a355c3c2-7a49-4553-a8de-a5d572e0a2fc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
