Re: laptop turns itself off

Bob McElrath
2002-09-20T16:36:00Z

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Huw H [hrhawk-JGs/UdohzUI@public.gmane.org] wrote:
> I seem to have the same trouble, with my laptop turning itself off randomly
> without warning. I have a Toshiba Satellite 3000 (model PS302A-00Q5k) and still
> use the former (20020517) patch against 2.4.18. In addition I have installed
> Bruno's dsdt table for the 3000-601, which as far as I could tell has identical
> specs (excepting a 1.13GHz max clock as opposed to 1GHz). I also use the tosh3k
> module to set the fan to keep the laptop at between 45-50C.
>
> Time to upgrade kernel and get someone to patch my dsdt propperly I guess.

I just noticed today that it is not actually hung...

It appears to be up but only processing a clock tick once every few
minutes. If I hit the keyboard, several minutes later the screen will
unblank. My CPU meter on screen *has* changed on the screen in the last
1/2 hour of watching it. And the clock is currently 24 minutes slow.
(it should have been accurate at the time of the "hang") There are log
messages on the screen too in my logtail from immediately before the
hang:
exresnte-0103 [12] Ex_resolve_note_to_val: No object attached to node c16bfd68
acpi_battery-0195 [07] acpi_battery_get_statu: Error evaluating _BST

I have not seen the turn-off behavior in some time, using kernel
2.4.20-pre5 and acpi from august. (I will try the latest one soon Andy)

Anyone have any idea what could cause this kind of behavior?

Cheers,
-- Bob

Bob McElrath (rsmcelrath-9geRo0GdX4mkVGS65fRQmodd74u8MsAO@public.gmane.org)
Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Physics

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