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[Ric Moore]

On 09/19/2013 04:43 PM, John R. Sowden wrote:
> The power supply fan is blowing cool air, the cpu fan is blowing cool
> air.  I have made no physical changes other than to add a dvd-ram drive
> about a year ago. the computer is a compaq pressario model sr2172nx
>
> I have had no other problems.  Re: the SMART data, I just tried to
> access the logs, via: Applications->system->system log.  It does not
> being anythin up, including error messages.  Tried twice. I have been
> using ubuntu for about 5 years, linux since about 1995.
>
> John
> smart
>
>
> I just tried to find 'smart' files via a terminal program, but
> keystrokes do not create letters in the terminal.  Its like the window
> is not selected, even though I can move it, and click on file->quit and
> close it.

Something REALLY got hosed. As another responder mentions, save your 
data, re-install clean. Restore your data, but NOT the blooming entire 
home directory. Stick with new configs as much as possible. The only 
thing I return to duty from backup is ~/.thunderbird (or whatever mailer 
you use) and ~/.mozilla

You should be all nice and running. If you have synaptic, it can 
generate a list of packages to re-install for you to save to medium. 
Stay away from any video driver install from any source other than the 
repos. Use the force. Ric




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My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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