On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 10:28:26PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 01:52:25PM -0300, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > > On 23-05-2015 13:23, Ken Moffat wrote: > > Thanks for mentioning 4.0.4 - I suppose I ought to test that on the > intel just in case the sna problem disappears (unlikely, but it > sort-of looks more like a kernel problem). No difference.
> > But first I need to try to sort out my least-powered desktop box > (the one which also runs i686 and windows) - a couple of weeks ago I > saw log messages saying it had run backup scripts from fcron when I > was fairly sure it had been powered off - somehow, it had turned on > and then booted the default option in grub. The next time I tried to > boot it, nothing until I turned off the power, fiddled about with the > connections to no obvious effect, and then tried again. Today it is > again not coming alive, I need to close down the intel box before I > turn off the power. Sometimes, hardware can be a PITA and that box > is only about 2 years old. > Well, now that I've opened the case, pressing the on button gives a slight movement of the visible fans (CPU, back of case) by about 5 degrees. So, I know that the case switch is working. Will need to get a new PSU to try - I've never had a PSU fail before where it was not immediately obvious (smell, one time also a blown fuse) so I'm not particularly hopeful. ĸen -- Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
