Hoary: Random shutdowns
Matt Zimmerman
mdz at ubuntu.com
Tue Mar 22 07:59:34 UTC 2005
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 11:32:34PM -0800, Steven Boothe wrote:
> Hello the list:
>
> I just installed "Kubuntu 5.04 "Hoary Hedgehog" Preview i386 Binary-1 last
> night and installed it on an HP Pavilion zd7140 widescreen laptop.
> Everything when fairly smoothly until it came time to login. Typically
> within 20 seconds to two minutes from the time I get to the login screen
> the system will shutdown just suddenly power completely off.
>
> I have tried setting acpi=off at boot time and this offers zero help.
This commonly indicates a faulty power supply. Does it happen when you
run on battery, or on AC, or both?
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- mdz
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