__/ [ Malke ] on Saturday 30 September 2006 21:53 \__
> Scott McAuley wrote:
>
>> I installed OpenSuse 10.1 and have been experiencing unexpected
>> shutdowns of the system. Anyone else experiencing these problems?
>> Scott.
>
> No, but random shutdowns are usually caused by bad hardware; e.g.
> overheating, flaky RAM, dying psu, etc. Unless you have a clear
> cause-and-effect such as upgrading your window manager or installing
> some software, I'd start troubleshooting the hardware. Post back if you
> need help with that.
>
> Malke
Check the logs under /var/log/
You may require root (superuser/administrator) access to access these, but
they will give you a timestamped sequence of events that include system
calls, actions, and hardware errors.
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