Permission Problem

[Charles T. Bell]

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On 08/14/2014 06:47 AM, Bill Vance wrote:
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> 
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2014, Nils Kassube wrote:
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>> Bill vance wrote:
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> [SNIP]
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>> Finally the directory / symlink mail in /var and /var/spool are 
>> reversed, i.e. usually there is a directory /var/mail and a
>> symlink /var/spool/mail -> /var/mail. Anyway, that last part
>> shouldn't matter, but it is unusual.
>> 
>> Nils
> 
> These days, (of lazy typists), perhaps, but originally it was in
> spool, where everything was, "spooled", in and out of the system.
> So, on most systems, that is the case, but the postfix/Taylor-uucp
> combo likes the old-fashioned setup, but allows the /var/mail link
> as a shortcut.  Don't ask me why, it just is.  Email was in
> spool/mail, news.groups in spool/news, and up/downloading in
> spool/uucppublic.
> 
> I should perhaps, mention that I get my email from seaslug.org,
> (Seattle Unix Users Group), via uucp over TCP.
> 
> So, night before last, I started getting, "14.04 is here", notices,
> so I decided to give it a try, and see if it fixed the problem.
> After a while of downloading files, it was re-boot time.  So just
> a little ways into the boot, it suddenly goes, "dead screen", and
> locks up.  Not to be discouraged, next day I go to the local
> computer shop, and get a 14.04 disc, and surprise, surprise, it
> doesn't even get to the setups, when it too goes dead, the same
> way.
> 
> So, after re-installing 12.04.4 everythings working again.  Never
> did figure out what was wrong.
> 
> And, unless it just doesn't like AMD procesors, it looks like 14.04
> has a nasty boot-up bug.
> 
> Bill
> 

Bill,
We should start a new Subject for this.  I also
installed/upgraded to 14.04 on my AMD64 desktop and
had similar problems.  It would lock up every day
and sometimes twice in one day.
I persevered and finally it is now working without
having me reboot using my "red button".  I don't
know if it is fixed or not.  I did have to reload
phonon to get Grandfatherclock to work, but that
is the only other problem I have found so far.
I was originally afraid that my memory was going
bad, but that is not the case.
So, how did they fix it?  I haven't a clue.
Good luck with yours!

Tom

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