Sounds like it could be a hardware issue. Does it do the same thing inside Windows? It might be overheating. Check for dust and proper cpu/powersupply fan operation.
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Willie <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now. It seems that > whenever I am in Linux my computer will just turn off. Not shutdown like I > did "shutdown -r now". Just completely off out of the blue at random times. > I have been reading the logs but there is nothing helpful at all. It is > never the same thing on the logs when it does just shutdown. Sometime I can > boot up and it will go off when it says "Waiting for udev events to finish" > or something like that. > > I haven't done any major upgrades in awhile, there is really nothing > different. I installed Windows last night to see if it is a hardware thing > but nope it stays on. I also tried reinstalling Gentoo on a couple of > occasions on another Hard Drive but it just shutdown while I was getting it > done. > > Any help is greatly appreciated. I really don't want to be in Windows > after I spent all that time customizing my XFCE4 desktop. > > -- > > Willie Matthews > [email protected] >
