Re: Computer shutting down



On 08/31/2007 09:28 AM, Peter wrote:
If I leave my computer whilst it is downloading it shuts down after an
hour and I lose what I have been downloading - in this case Open office
(a 32mb download). This has happened 5-6 times.This does not happen
under windows so it must be something to do with Linux. I have set
Power management to never for putting the computer to sleep. Can anyone
help please.
Peter



Load the configuration editor (http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/19565 or
if it's not there: sudo apt-get install gconf-editor). Search for power
settings & see if perhaps you have something set that can be turned off.



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