[ALUG] Re: System shutting itself down but I can't see why

[Wayne Stallwood]

On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 22:20 +0000, cl at isbd.net wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 09:57:30PM -0000, Ted Harding wrote:
> > On 30-Oct-06 cl at isbd.net wrote:
> > > My Slackware 11 keeps shutting itself down but I can't see why.
> > > 

Does pressing the power button trigger a shutdown event via ACPI on your
machine, is it possible that the power button is intermittent short or
even just getting stuck ?

I don't think it is a sensors thing, because presumably there would be a
event logged before the shutdown if something was acting on a high temp
somewhere.

> 
> It really seems unlike a heat/power problem as using the system seems
> to stop it rebooting, it's *never* done it while I'm actually sitting
> here using it (like now), it only reboots when I go away.  Maybe it's
> lonely!
> 
Perhaps some power saving mode is trying to start and the ACPI interface
is confusing this for a cold shutdown ?

sort of OT
many moons ago I was troubled by a bug that I would leave my machine
turned off but come home from work to find it booted up and ready to go.
I went though everything I could think of..but still every few weeks the
machine would be powered up by itself. Then one day whilst working at my
desk I brushed the left mouse button by accident and the machine fired
up. The cause....a strange (wake on mouse?) bios option and a wondering
cat !