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

I had Windows do that once during a render. I came home and wondered why the 
machine was off. When I turned it on, it put up a box saying it had been 
turned off beause it overheated.

Maybe Linux did the same? Is there a place to check for that?

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   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".

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Darren New wrote:

> Stefan Viljoen wrote:
>> Thanks for replying. Nope, no bluetooth, no 802.11 up, no wireless
>> keyboard. It just as if the kernel / system "decided" to shut down.
> 
> I had Windows do that once during a render. I came home and wondered why
> the machine was off. When I turned it on, it put up a box saying it had
> been turned off beause it overheated.
> 
> Maybe Linux did the same? Is there a place to check for that?
 
I'm not sure... I do not have any form of thermal ACPI module or whatever
loaded or active, it is just the stock Fedora Core 11 kernel on a quite old
motherboard (Intel 945PL-S3). I checked temps when the machine was
rendering for a few hours over the weekend, everything was fine (CPU core
temp amout 55 deg C at full rendering load.)

Anyway, it might be something to look into. Only happened once so far,
fortunately. Maybe its just time for a new PC.
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Stefan Viljoen

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