Had my PC rendering last night.

Running FC 11 and Linux megapov... suddenly it beeps and shuts down.

Huh?

Switched it on again, nothing doing, everything running fine, the logs seem
to indicate "somebody" typed the command above. WTF?

System wasn't connected to the internet, nobody near the keyboard (I sleep
next to it) power didn't fluctuate, no cronjobs scheduled...
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Stefan Viljoen

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Stefan Viljoen wrote:
> Had my PC rendering last night.
> 
> Running FC 11 and Linux megapov... suddenly it beeps and shuts down.
> 
> Huh?
> 
> Switched it on again, nothing doing, everything running fine, the logs seem
> to indicate "somebody" typed the command above. WTF?
> 
> System wasn't connected to the internet, nobody near the keyboard (I sleep
> next to it) power didn't fluctuate, no cronjobs scheduled...

You must have been sleep typing.  ;-)

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Kyle wrote:

> Stefan Viljoen wrote:
>> Had my PC rendering last night.
>> 
>> Running FC 11 and Linux megapov... suddenly it beeps and shuts down.
>> 
>> Huh?
>> 
>> Switched it on again, nothing doing, everything running fine, the logs
>> seem to indicate "somebody" typed the command above. WTF?
>> 
>> System wasn't connected to the internet, nobody near the keyboard (I
>> sleep next to it) power didn't fluctuate, no cronjobs scheduled...
> 
> You must have been sleep typing.  ;-)

Yikes! That's why I fell over the cat last night and can't remember it! :)

The system is about two meters away, unless I was having a SERIOUS nightmare
I don't see how I could do that...
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Stefan Viljoen

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If it's an ATX system check your power button and its board connection for dust,
It might have triggered accidentally.
I think ACPI maps the power button to shutdown -h now.

Aydan

PS: Or your cat did it.;o)

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Aydan wrote:

> If it's an ATX system check your power button and its board connection for
> dust, It might have triggered accidentally.
> I think ACPI maps the power button to shutdown -h now.
> 
> Aydan
> 
> PS: Or your cat did it.;o)

Hmm thanks, I'll do that.

However, I experimented and if I hit the power switch while in Linux it just
shuts down - doesn't seem my ACPI implementation in FC11 maps it to
shutdown -h now.

Hehe, no, she was sleeping too and says she doesn't like raytracing much...!
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Stefan Viljoen

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Stefan Viljoen <spa### [at] polardcom> wrote:
> Had my PC rendering last night.
>
> Running FC 11 and Linux megapov... suddenly it beeps and shuts down.
>
> Huh?
>
> Switched it on again, nothing doing, everything running fine, the logs seem
> to indicate "somebody" typed the command above. WTF?
>
> System wasn't connected to the internet, nobody near the keyboard (I sleep
> next to it) power didn't fluctuate, no cronjobs scheduled...
....

What about wireless connections; like Bluetooth, any 802.11 networks or wireless
keyboards ?

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Tor Olav
http://subcube.com

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Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:

> Stefan Viljoen <spa### [at] polardcom> wrote:
>> Had my PC rendering last night.
>>
>> Running FC 11 and Linux megapov... suddenly it beeps and shuts down.
>>
>> Huh?
>>
>> Switched it on again, nothing doing, everything running fine, the logs
>> seem to indicate "somebody" typed the command above. WTF?
>>
>> System wasn't connected to the internet, nobody near the keyboard (I
>> sleep next to it) power didn't fluctuate, no cronjobs scheduled...
> ....
> 
> What about wireless connections; like Bluetooth, any 802.11 networks or
> wireless keyboards ?

Hi Tor

Thanks for replying. Nope, no bluetooth, no 802.11 up, no wireless keyboard.
It just as if the kernel / system "decided" to shut down.

The strange thing is (and this puzzles me) that it was a completely normal
shutdown! It did NOT crash, it came up with clean filing systems and no
auto-fsck was done. 

It was as if it just decided to go down. I checked the startup and power
monitoring scripts too, no UPS is connected to the system that could
conceivably cause a false shutdown due to a "UPS is going to quit, I've
gotta quit beforehand" type situation.

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Stefan Viljoen

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Stefan Viljoen wrote:

> Running FC 11 and Linux megapov... suddenly it beeps and shuts down.
> 
> Huh?
> 
> Switched it on again, nothing doing, everything running fine, the logs seem
> to indicate "somebody" typed the command above. WTF?
> 
> System wasn't connected to the internet, nobody near the keyboard (I sleep
> next to it) power didn't fluctuate, no cronjobs scheduled...

Thermal event??

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Invisible wrote:

> Stefan Viljoen wrote:
> 
>> Running FC 11 and Linux megapov... suddenly it beeps and shuts down.
>> 
>> Huh?
>> 
>> Switched it on again, nothing doing, everything running fine, the logs
>> seem to indicate "somebody" typed the command above. WTF?
>> 
>> System wasn't connected to the internet, nobody near the keyboard (I
>> sleep next to it) power didn't fluctuate, no cronjobs scheduled...
> 
> Thermal event??

Hmm... I'm not sure my motherboard supports that. Its an OLD Intel 945PL-S3
board, it has this kind of naggy

NNYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

sound it makes if the CPU or GPU starts overheating.

But thanks anyway, something to investigate!
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Stefan Viljoen

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>> Thermal event??
> 
> Hmm... I'm not sure my motherboard supports that. Its an OLD Intel 945PL-S3
> board

Hmm. This is puzzling indeed...

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