System Shutting Down Unexpectedly (Ubuntu 10.04)

[Tom Browder]

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 18:11, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 08/03/2010 12:54 PM, Tom Browder wrote:
> ...
> Do you have anything in your /var/log/pm-suspend.log?
>
> What exactly are the hibernate messages in the messages log? Anything in
> system or debug logs?
>
> I seem to recall that you had the exact same problem last year with your
> laptop. Is there anything that you recall doing on the laptop that you
> may have carried over to the desktop relating to this?

I'll have to go back and check...

> Also, can you
> post the output of 'lshwtbdesktop.txt':
>
> $ sudo lshw > lshwtbdesktop.txt
>
> to pastebin?
>
> One other thing you might consider trying is installing mcelog and
> seeing if you can trap anything with that:
> <http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-server-predicting-hardware-failure.html>

Thanks, I'll try all this tomorrow.  My desktop is on the kitchen
counter, on its side, while I peek at its guts and clean it some.

Regards,

-Tom