smartctl question

Phil phillor9 at gmail.com
Fri Mar 17 07:47:24 UTC 2023


On 17/3/23 15:03, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-03-17 at 12:01 +1000, Phil wrote:
>> I've installed Xubuntu, version 22.10, on a Lenevo X131e which often
>> suffers from a frozen desktop. The mouse pointer can be moved but the
>> user cannot interact with the mouse. The system can sometimes be
>> restarted by pressing ctl alt f1 followed by ctl alt f7. An Internet
>> search shows that these symptoms are fairly common with XFCE
>> installations.
> Hi,
>
> if this statement is correct, it seems that you are only repeating part
> of a story.

Thanks Ralf, you're no doubt correct. The laptop has been running the 
whole day without a problem. The next day it might fail 5 times for no 
obvious reason. It's not my laptop, I just installed Xubuntu to help out 
a relative and I'm starting to wish that I hadn't.

-- 

Regards,
Phil





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