all this can be measured, so why not? All the measurement hardware is cheap, cheap, cheap now. Really good stuff too.
On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 3:02 PM Bakul Shah via 9fans <[email protected]> wrote: > Speculation: this was due to a "brown out" rather than overheating. The > usb key power use + jpg conversion + sd card write + hdmi output + whatever > else may use so much current that the voltage dropped below some safe level. > > > On Oct 8, 2026, at 3:14 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > I propose an alternate test. If you folks can provide a simple program I > can run that will "heavily exercise" the pi, I'll run it, then attempt to > execute fshalt again. If the error comes back, we'll have a pretty-good > idea that that's the problem. > > -------------------- > > I suddenly recall, one of the things I did, at one point, was try to > convert a jpg to the plan9 image format, doing this from the folder of my > usb-key. Surely this is noted here somewhere, in one of my posts, if not > in this thread.. It worked for -ages-. Or rather, it failed to complete > for ages. I don't actually know if it was doing anything. I think the > only way I managed to "get back in control" was to delete the rio window. > Now, I realize that that might not have actually killed the process. Or it > might have caused the pi to get really hot. That is, technically, a test I > can do again. I don't recall if this was one of the things I was doing at > the time I got this error, but it's a definite possibility. > > > *9fans <https://9fans.topicbox.com/latest>* / 9fans / see discussions > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans> + participants > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/members> + delivery options > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription> Permalink > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tc322db746dabdc8f-M5aa47e24f5b4a5cf63fd01b3> > ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tc322db746dabdc8f-M0dc6cb72b3c0f5109163b2d8 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
