On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
On 12/12/06, Mike Chalmers <mikechalmers70@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
When I ran "yum update", when it started to install the updates it
said something like cpu 0 overheating cpu 1 overheating. Then my
screen went black for a second and the next thing I new is I was at
the login screen.
Having problems like this in Linux is unacceptable. That could have
caused major damage. Things like this need to be worked out. Linux
needs to focus more on the here and now and not keep pushing for the
newest technology.
Don't get me wrong I think Linux is a gem. I like the GPL but I don't
like how company's can use people's software and make profit. The
people that make the software should be getting paid if anyone is
getting paid.
Once again, things like this are unacceptable. I am afraid to use
Fedora 6 now. I alos, have am having problems after a clean
installation.
Kind Regards,
Mike
Have you considered that maybe your CPU was realy over heating and
Linux didn't have much to do with it?
Similiar happened to me recently, post a kernel upgrade. I thought it
was the new kernel, turned out that the CPU was over heating. I
cleaned up the dust and put in a new CPU fan with new thermal gel. Now
I'm running cooler than before.
Recently installed FC6 on an old P-III 500MHz. At first, it would
reliably do thermal shutdowns during the dependency resolution step. Also
did shutdowns during memtest86.
I swapped the CPU package from one of the two slots to the other (tried to
get airflow across the package back and probably shook out some dust) and
it's been fine ever since.
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
