On Wednesday 03 January 2007 14:32, Penedo wrote: > On 03/01/07, Adelle Hartley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm using xubuntu via SSH and the computer keeps turning itself > > off. Sometimes, /var/log/syslog contains a message about > > terminating on "signal 15", but usually nothing. > > My first suspicion in such cases is the hardware - is the computer > cooled well enough? Does the CPU fan work and seats well on the CPU? > If you have sensors then maybe install lm-sensors (possibly with some > GUI front-end) and see whether everything is ok.
try: cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/trip_points to see what temperature the computer will turn off at and cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/temperature to see the temperature the computer is currently at... Regards Joseph -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html