Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:36:44 +0800 Qiangning Hong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > | My gentoo system on an IBM Thinkpad R52 crashs randomly (usually when > | CPU usage is high). When it crashs, the whole system freezes -- mouse > | point doesn't move, keyboard doesn't response, I even can't connect it > | via ssh. I had to hard reset the machine, therefore no error message > | is left in the log files. How can I find the reason? > > Check the CPU temperature. My T30 used to do that when it had a > small furry animal blocking the fan outlet... >
My CPU temperatur (reported by /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM0/temperature, I have no luck with lmsensor setup) says 57C when idle, and can boost up to around 68C when emerging big packages. Is it normal? -- Qiangning Hong http://www.hn.org/hongqn (RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/hongqn) Registered Linux User #396996 Get Firefox! <http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=67907&t=1> Thunderbird! <http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=67907&t=183> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
