computer reboots on its own
Michael
bmike1 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 1 16:36:12 MST 2019
Thank you. At the moment everything is good:
bmike1 at MikesBeast:~$ sensors
radeon-pci-0100
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1: +59.0°C
k10temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1: +37.2°C (high = +70.0°C)
(crit = +72.0°C, hyst = +70.0°C)
On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 7:27 PM Donald Mac McCarthy <mac at oscontext.com>
wrote:
> Michael,
> My bad. It is lm-sensors. You have to run a sensors-detect (as root)
> first. Then you can use sensors.
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/53762/how-to-use-lm-sensors
>
> Mac
>
> Michael wrote on 11/1/19 4:24 PM:
>
> where is lmsensors. my websearch says it is lm-sensors and at says
> lm-sensors is the most recent version but neither lmsensors nor lm-sensors
> runs.
>
> On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 7:04 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the tip! No fixing that:( Replace computer.
>> You know.... it has been a while since a reboot.
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 7:01 PM Donald Mac McCarthy <mac at oscontext.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Well,
>>> lmsensors will allow you too look at the temp of your CPU. If you are
>>> idling and the temp is say 30 degrees normally, and all the sudden you see
>>> the temp spike to 70 and a reboot happens, check your heatsink. If the proc
>>> is really 70c, you should not be able to get close to your heatsink without
>>> feeling heat. If you have an IR thermometer, point that at you heatsink and
>>> take a temp reading. If it is above ~50, you may have a real heat issue. If
>>> it is not, you may have a sensor on the board or cpu that went bad as
>>> reporting a bad temp causing a reboot/shutdown because of thermal emergency.
>>>
>>> Mac
>>>
>>> Michael wrote on 11/1/19 3:15 PM:
>>>
>>> Interesting. So how do I check the sensor? How do I fix it?
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 12:27 AM Donald Mac McCarthy <mac at oscontext.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It is starting to sound like a thermal issue. And possibly not an
>>>> actual thermal issue, but a sensor issue.
>>>>
>>>> Mac
>>>>
>>>> Michael wrote on 10/25/19 7:24 PM:
>>>>
>>>> No, I didn't. Oh well....
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 7:25 PM Donald Mac McCarthy <mac at oscontext.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mike, I am sorry that I din not get you a quick reply. I have been
>>>>> traveling a lot and was not frequently checking my plug folders. Did you
>>>>> figure this one out. I see there was some follow-up discussion with the
>>>>> rest of the list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Mac
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael wrote on 10/19/19 4:20 PM:
>>>>>
>>>>> apparently some guy had a similar problem and this is what he said:
>>>>> This command shows that my system came up with a new kernel. Ubuntu
>>>>> 12.04 64 bit. 3.2.0-63 after reboot, 3.2.0-61 before
>>>>> – Antonios Hadjigeorgalis May 26 '14 at 14:20
>>>>> 4
>>>>> This led me to checking etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades I had
>>>>> set Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "true"; I changed it back to the
>>>>> default setting of false.
>>>>> – Antonios Hadjigeorgalis May 26 '14 at 15:31
>>>>>
>>>>> found- https://askubuntu.com/questions/202335/ ... om-reboots
>>>>> <https://askubuntu.com/questions/202335/how-can-i-track-the-cause-of-random-reboots>
>>>>> but there was no 'unattended upgrades' line in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 9:04 AM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> darn....... it just rebooted on its own. lovely:( well, it was fixed
>>>>>> for fourteen days at least.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 1:07 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ok, thanks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 11:26 PM Donald Mac McCarthy <
>>>>>>> mac at oscontext.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> CLI CDRW is not something that I have done - I can't remember the
>>>>>>>> burner software I used. I told it the ISO and it burned and closed the
>>>>>>>> disc. I am travelling at the moment, so when I get home I will look. As
>>>>>>>> for the nomenclature of the device, in RHEL land it is usually labelled as
>>>>>>>> /dev/cdrom{0-9}
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mac
>>>>>>>> Michael wrote on 10/5/19 6:54 PM:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> also what is the rw listed as? /dev/sdc? if that is so I would
>>>>>>>> issue the command 'sudo dd if=memtest86-usb.img of=/dev/sdc'.... right?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 9:34 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> well.... it seems blowing it fixed it. thank goodness! my cdrom
>>>>>>>>> is not working and I don't recall if it boots to the USBCDRW. I seem to
>>>>>>>>> remember that it was booting from a thumb drive last year (if I remember
>>>>>>>>> correctly).... or was it the USBCDRW.... hmmmmm..... hey ET... how do I
>>>>>>>>> write the image to the usbcdrw?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 11:12 PM Donald Mac McCarthy <
>>>>>>>>> mac at oscontext.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have had that happen before when a BIOS only partially supports
>>>>>>>>>> boot from USB. Have you booted from USB on that system before?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Do you have a CD you could burn the iso to and try. That sounds
>>>>>>>>>> so... old fashioned, but I have a couple of 10 yr old dell workstations
>>>>>>>>>> that don't properly USB boot that I used before I discovered I could
>>>>>>>>>> replace them with a couple of RasPis.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Mac
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Michael wrote on 10/3/19 3:47 PM:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yepers.... just notes.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 12:03 PM Stephen Partington <
>>>>>>>>>> cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> No, just notes. at least from the looks of them.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 8:05 AM Bob Elzer <bob.elzer at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Are those your passwords on the sticky notes?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019, 4:53 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> what a mess my computer desk is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 7:50 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [image: 20191002_193516_01.jpg]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 4:36 PM <kitepilot at kitepilot.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > what do you advise I do...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Call Geek Squad? 8)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can you send me a picture of the screen you get?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Memetest is (or was) prtty straight forward.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Even *I* could use it! ;-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ET
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael writes:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Okay e t I bought a USB drive and ran the command 2 put
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the memtest on it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > but when I boot it gets to verifying DMI pool and just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sits . I've had a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > going for about 15 minutes and nothing's happened what do
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you advise I do
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > On Tue, Oct 1, 2019, 6:38 AM <kitepilot at kitepilot.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> You only need 500MG.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> A USB HD that size will be cheaper than the can of air.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Buy one too!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> ET
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Michael writes:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > all the fans are working. I'll try the memtest.... I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't have a spare
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> usb
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > drive large enough.....
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > $ sudo dd if=memtest86-usb.img of=/dev/sdc
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > dd: writing to '/dev/sdc': No space left on device
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > 128001+0 records in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > 128000+0 records out
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > 65536000 bytes (66 MB, 62 MiB) copied, 21.5638 s, 3.0
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MB/s
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > bmike1 at MikesBeast:/tmp$
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > I'll take care of it tomorrow
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 1:48 PM <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> I agree that heat is a big suspect, but it could also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be some creative
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> video
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> driver or a bad memory.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> Give memtest a try:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> https://www.memtest86.com/downloads/memtest86-usb.zip
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> ET
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> Matthew Crews writes:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > On 9/28/19 4:31 PM, Michael wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> Thank you so much for the help I really truly
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> appreciate it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > No problem, its what we are here for.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> Does it reboot while you are using it? Are you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> using very
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> intensive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> applications on it, or very not-intensive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> applications?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> So far it has only only reboot. after I load
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chrome. And it doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> happen all the time usually it will load the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chrome and it will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> reboot
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> then open it again and then it will be fine.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > Chrome is notoriously resource intensive. Maybe give
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chromium or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Firefox
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > a try.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > But based on that answer I'm leaning towards a fan
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> failure first. As
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > said you are currently in Miami, so when you get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> back definitely check
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > Could also be simple dust accumulation, something a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> can of air can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> fix.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > That is something that is obvious to see when you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> look.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > There are a few other possible things to check, but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lets rule out the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > simple stuff first before we dive deeper.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > -Matt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >
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