Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 08:36:54 -0800 From: Rob Lytle <europa100@comcast.net> To: freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: spontaneous reboots/ what causes these in general? Message-ID: <20051206083654.08939aff.europa100@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <4dd4cddf0512060619h7f44356dj@mail.gmail.com> References: <20051205073251.2a80b45f.europa100@comcast.net> <439470B3.9080305@daleco.biz> <20051205110405.0e2402c4.europa100@comcast.net> <20051205223037.GA51287@xor.obsecurity.org> <4dd4cddf0512060619h7f44356dj@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:19:44 +0000 Martin Tournoy <carpetsmoker@gmail.com> wrote: > You might want to check if your power cables are all firmly and > properly connected, both those on the outside and inside. > > You can also try running from a live-cd, or another harddisk with > another installation and see if the problem still occurs, if it does, > you know it's a hardware problem and not software... > > Replace the power supply, maybe it's broken.. > > > My experience is that checking for hardware problems before software > problems is the fastest way to fix something like this (example: a few > weeks back I spent a hour getting my floppy drive to work only to > discover the power cable wasn't connected, DUH!) > > On 05/12/05, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 11:04:05AM -0800, Rob wrote: > > > > > The idea of running Mozilla or Firefox from a terminal was a very good one. I am getting an error message: (Gecko:40685) Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_property_get(): length value has wrapped in calculation (did you pass G_MAXLONG?) > > > > > > I will run that by one of the mozilla.or lists. > > > > That's harmless. > > > > > But I am very curious what causes FreeBSD to reboot immediately? > > > > Hardware problems, generally. Search the archives for extensive > > discussion. > > > > Kris > > > > > > Hi Martin, This machine is an HP zd8000 laptop, so I am kind of stuck with the hardware. I went to www.zd7000forums.com and found that people are even having lots of problems on Windows with this laptop. I don't think it has anything to do with FreeBSD. I upgraded the BIOS to the latest so I will see if that stops it. Actually, my problems are not big when compared to other people. Sincerely, Rob Lytle -- ------------------ http://home.comcast.net/~europa100 A SETI-like Search for Intelligent Life in Central Pa.
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