Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-01 Thread Grant Sewell
On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 22:34:05 +0100 javadayaz wrote: > Hi. > For the past two days my pc has been mysteriously shutting down. Not > powering down!! Straight power off. > My thoughts are that this probably because of heating issues...but > that's just an uneducated guess. It might as well not be. > A

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-01 Thread Josh Holland
If you suspect it's overheating, you could install the computertemp package and add the CPU temperature applet to your panel. Otherwise, the only other thing I can think of worth checking is Palimpsest (aka Disk Utility from System -> Administration). There might be something in dmesg, but I'm inc

[ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-01 Thread javadayaz
Hi. For the past two days my pc has been mysteriously shutting down. Not powering down!! Straight power off. My thoughts are that this probably because of heating issues...but that's just an uneducated guess. It might as well not be. Are there any diagnostic tools I can run to find the culprit? --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Maverick Release Party

2010-10-01 Thread John Stevenson
On 28 September 2010 15:58, Marco Gallotta wrote: > Hi there > > I'm a member of the ubuntu-za [1] community, but I'll be in London > during the time of Maverick's release. I'm keen to attend your release > party. Do you guys need any help, or are you all sorted? > > I've joined #ubuntu-uk as mar