Bricked after acerfand install

Hi,

I have an aspire one a100L (z5g model), 1 gig RAM, 16 GB SSD, 3G built-in. I have the original Linpus Lite installation.

I implemented the noisy fan fix as on this page http://n00.be/archives/758/

This was a big mistake!!! When I rebooted I only got a blank screen, with the fan wizzing very loud for a bit then stopping.

Caps lock keys still work, but nothing else (I tried alt+f2 but no console). At least I could shut down by hitting power button though.

This got me worried so I booted up my live USB install of Ubunto and found /etc/rc.local on the SSD. I used sudo vi /etc/rc.local and undid the line I was told to add.

However I still can't boot into Linpus. Still get the black screen, but the fan is back to normal. But even worse now, the only way I can shut down is to take the battery out.

Any help is much appreciated!

Regards,
Gary.

 

Gary

I suspect that rc.local isn't correct. Can you post it for us?

Thanks
fweigel

 

Sure -- after I removed the /usr/local/bin/acerfand line in vi, it now looks like this

#!/bin/sh
#
# Some comments
# Some comments
# Some comments

touch /var/lock/subsys/local
setpci -d 197b:2381 AE=47

I think there is also a blank line at the end of the file.
Just to let you know i said acer aspire one a100 in original post -- I meant a110.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Gary.

 

Gary

Looks like rc.local is fine.

Ok, now for a "desk analysis" of what is going on. The X server (graphics isn't starting). The fan control daemon WAS starting (and stopped the fan after booting -- as it is supposed to). There will be a log file in /etc/log/Xorg.0.log that I would look at. I would like to have a look at that file.

Now, my working hypothesis was that rc.local did not exit -- this would prevent the X server from being started, and would have caused the rest of the problems... but I don't think so. The fan daemon wouldn't have caused these problems, either. The power switch works in two ways - a single press is communicated to the running OS via dpmi, which then shuts down. The second way is to hold the switch down for 5 seconds which FORCES an immediate power off.

So - we want to eliminate hardware problems now. Try powering off by holding the power switch. IF THIS DOESN'T WORK THE UNIT IS DEFECTIVE. If this does work, we can proceed.

Now, it may have been that the normal power-on fsck (disk check) was interrupted, and the disk is somewhat "bad". So, the next step is to boot from USB, and issue: "sudo fsck /dev/sda1" command (or whatever your other Linux uses to be root). Then, check /dev/sda1 directory "lost+found". If there are any files in "lost+found", these may have been vital to your Acer booting. Remedial action is then to re-install. If not, we still have a chance.

So, to recap:

post the results of:

1-

ls -l /var/log/Xorg.0.log
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log

2-

(I want the last modification date of the Xorg log file as well).

Try the "hold the power switch down to force power off".

3-

Try the fsck command (If you don't feel comfortable, don't do this step yet).

And we'll go from there .

 

Fweigel,

Thanks for helping me -- I really appreciate it.

I have tried to answer your questions below.

I have been doing more digging of my own and I did notice that a file called /root/.gconfd/saved_state was modified around the time the issues started occuring. The contents of this file look "strange". I wonder if this is getting in the way of the start up? I have added the contents of it at the bottom of this post.

Regards,
Gary.

Code:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30752 2009-08-05 18:13 var/log/Xorg.0.log

I tried attaching it but no luck. So here it is in it's entirety

Code:

X Window System Version 1.3.0
Release Date: 19 April 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
Build Operating System: Fedora Core 7 Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System: Linux (none) 2.6.23.9lw #105 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jun 27 18:56:59 EDT 2008 i686
Build Date: 06 June 2008
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.3.0.0-35.fc8 
	Before reporting problems, check [url]http://wiki.x.org[/url]
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Aug  5 22:58:58 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Videocard0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Synaptics Mouse"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(WW) No FontPath specified.  Using compiled-in default.
(==) FontPath set to:
	catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d,
	built-ins
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(**) Option "DontVTSwitch" "yes"
(**) Option "DontZap" "yes"
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused)
(II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel
(II) Loader magic: 0x820aa40
(II) Module ABI versions:
	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
	X.Org Video Driver: 1.2
	X.Org XInput driver : 0.7
	X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
	X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2
(--) using VT number 2

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,27ac card 1025,015b rev 03 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 8086,27ae card 1025,015b rev 03 class 03,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:1: chip 8086,27a6 card 1025,015b rev 03 class 03,80,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1b:0: chip 8086,27d8 card 1025,015b rev 02 class 04,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1c:0: chip 8086,27d0 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:1c:1: chip 8086,27d2 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:1c:2: chip 8086,27d4 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:1c:3: chip 8086,27d6 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:1d:0: chip 8086,27c8 card 1025,015b rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1d:1: chip 8086,27c9 card 1025,015b rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:2: chip 8086,27ca card 1025,015b rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:3: chip 8086,27cb card 1025,015b rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:7: chip 8086,27cc card 1025,015b rev 02 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1e:0: chip 8086,2448 card 0000,0000 rev e2 class 06,04,01 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:1f:0: chip 8086,27b9 card 1025,015b rev 02 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1f:2: chip 8086,27c4 card 1025,015b rev 02 class 01,01,80 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:3: chip 8086,27da card 1025,015b rev 02 class 0c,05,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:00:0: chip 10ec,8136 card 1025,015b rev 02 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 03:00:0: chip 168c,001c card 105b,e008 rev 01 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Intel Bridge workaround enabled
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,5), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:28:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0000 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00005000 - 0x00005fff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x57300000 - 0x583fffff (0x1100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x50000000 - 0x50ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:28:1), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0000 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00003000 - 0x00004fff (0x2000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x56300000 - 0x572fffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x51000000 - 0x520fffff (0x1100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 3: bridge is at (0:28:2), (0,3,3), BCTRL: 0x0000 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 3 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00002000 - 0x00002fff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 3 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x55200000 - 0x562fffff (0x1100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 3 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x52100000 - 0x530fffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 4: bridge is at (0:28:3), (0,4,4), BCTRL: 0x0000 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 4 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00001000 - 0x00001fff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 4 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x54100000 - 0x551fffff (0x1100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 4 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x53100000 - 0x540fffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
(II) Subtractive PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 5: bridge is at (0:30:0), (0,5,5), BCTRL: 0x0000 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:31:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(0:2:0) Intel Corporation unknown chipset (0x27ae) rev 3, Mem @ 0x58480000/19, 0x40000000/28, 0x58500000/18, I/O @ 0x60c0/3
(--) PCI: (0:2:1) Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller rev 3, Mem @ 0x58400000/19
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
	[1] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0x55200000 - 0x5520ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[1] -1	0	0x51000000 - 0x5100ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x51010000 - 0x51010fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x58544400 - 0x585447ff (0x400) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0x58540000 - 0x58543fff (0x4000) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x58400000 - 0x5847ffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
	[6] -1	0	0x58500000 - 0x5853ffff (0x40000) MX[B](B)
	[7] -1	0	0x40000000 - 0x4fffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[8] -1	0	0x58480000 - 0x584fffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
	[9] -1	0	0x00003000 - 0x000030ff (0x100) IX[B]
	[10] -1	0	0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
	[11] -1	0	0x000060a0 - 0x000060af (0x10) IX[B]
	[12] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
	[13] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[16] -1	0	0x00006020 - 0x0000603f (0x20) IX[B]
	[17] -1	0	0x00006040 - 0x0000605f (0x20) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x00006060 - 0x0000607f (0x20) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x00006080 - 0x0000609f (0x20) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x000060c0 - 0x000060c7 (0x8) IX[B](B)
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
	[0] -1	0	0x55200000 - 0x5520ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[1] -1	0	0x51000000 - 0x5100ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x51010000 - 0x51010fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x58544400 - 0x585447ff (0x400) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0x58540000 - 0x58543fff (0x4000) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x58400000 - 0x5847ffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
	[6] -1	0	0x58500000 - 0x5853ffff (0x40000) MX[B](B)
	[7] -1	0	0x40000000 - 0x4fffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[8] -1	0	0x58480000 - 0x584fffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
	[9] -1	0	0x00003000 - 0x000030ff (0x100) IX[B]
	[10] -1	0	0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
	[11] -1	0	0x000060a0 - 0x000060af (0x10) IX[B]
	[12] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
	[13] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[16] -1	0	0x00006020 - 0x0000603f (0x20) IX[B]
	[17] -1	0	0x00006040 - 0x0000605f (0x20) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x00006060 - 0x0000607f (0x20) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x00006080 - 0x0000609f (0x20) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x000060c0 - 0x000060c7 (0x8) IX[B](B)
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0x55200000 - 0x5520ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x51000000 - 0x5100ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[6] -1	0	0x51010000 - 0x51010fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[7] -1	0	0x58544400 - 0x585447ff (0x400) MX[B]
	[8] -1	0	0x58540000 - 0x58543fff (0x4000) MX[B]
	[9] -1	0	0x58400000 - 0x5847ffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
	[10] -1	0	0x58500000 - 0x5853ffff (0x40000) MX[B](B)
	[11] -1	0	0x40000000 - 0x4fffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[12] -1	0	0x58480000 - 0x584fffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
	[13] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0x00003000 - 0x000030ff (0x100) IX[B]
	[16] -1	0	0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
	[17] -1	0	0x000060a0 - 0x000060af (0x10) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
	[21] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[22] -1	0	0x00006020 - 0x0000603f (0x20) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x00006040 - 0x0000605f (0x20) IX[B]
	[24] -1	0	0x00006060 - 0x0000607f (0x20) IX[B]
	[25] -1	0	0x00006080 - 0x0000609f (0x20) IX[B]
	[26] -1	0	0x000060c0 - 0x000060c7 (0x8) IX[B](B)
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//extensions/libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 2.1.0
	Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
	ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//fonts/libtype1.so
(II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.2
	Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
	ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//extensions/librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.13.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "intel"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//drivers/intel_drv.so
(II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 2.1.1
	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//input/mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.2.3
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//input/synaptics_drv.so
(II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 4.3.99.902, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//input/kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.2.2
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
	i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
	E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, 965G, 965G, 965Q, 946GZ,
	965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:02:0
(WW) intel: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found
(--) Chipset 945GME found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0x55200000 - 0x5520ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x51000000 - 0x5100ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[6] -1	0	0x51010000 - 0x51010fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[7] -1	0	0x58544400 - 0x585447ff (0x400) MX[B]
	[8] -1	0	0x58540000 - 0x58543fff (0x4000) MX[B]
	[9] -1	0	0x58400000 - 0x5847ffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
	[10] -1	0	0x58500000 - 0x5853ffff (0x40000) MX[B](B)
	[11] -1	0	0x40000000 - 0x4fffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[12] -1	0	0x58480000 - 0x584fffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
	[13] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0x00003000 - 0x000030ff (0x100) IX[B]
	[16] -1	0	0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
	[17] -1	0	0x000060a0 - 0x000060af (0x10) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
	[21] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[22] -1	0	0x00006020 - 0x0000603f (0x20) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x00006040 - 0x0000605f (0x20) IX[B]
	[24] -1	0	0x00006060 - 0x0000607f (0x20) IX[B]
	[25] -1	0	0x00006080 - 0x0000609f (0x20) IX[B]
	[26] -1	0	0x000060c0 - 0x000060c7 (0x8) IX[B](B)
(II) resource ranges after probing:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0x55200000 - 0x5520ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x51000000 - 0x5100ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[6] -1	0	0x51010000 - 0x51010fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[7] -1	0	0x58544400 - 0x585447ff (0x400) MX[B]
	[8] -1	0	0x58540000 - 0x58543fff (0x4000) MX[B]
	[9] -1	0	0x58400000 - 0x5847ffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
	[10] -1	0	0x58500000 - 0x5853ffff (0x40000) MX[B](B)
	[11] -1	0	0x40000000 - 0x4fffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[12] -1	0	0x58480000 - 0x584fffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
	[13] 0	0	0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
	[14] 0	0	0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
	[15] 0	0	0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
	[16] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[17] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x00003000 - 0x000030ff (0x100) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x000060a0 - 0x000060af (0x10) IX[B]
	[21] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
	[22] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
	[24] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[25] -1	0	0x00006020 - 0x0000603f (0x20) IX[B]
	[26] -1	0	0x00006040 - 0x0000605f (0x20) IX[B]
	[27] -1	0	0x00006060 - 0x0000607f (0x20) IX[B]
	[28] -1	0	0x00006080 - 0x0000609f (0x20) IX[B]
	[29] -1	0	0x000060c0 - 0x000060c7 (0x8) IX[B](B)
	[30] 0	0	0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
	[31] 0	0	0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(EE) Unable to open /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:02.0/enable.  Be afraid.
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2
(II) Loading sub module "vbe"
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.1.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvgahw.so
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 0.1.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2
(**) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
(==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 945GME
(--) intel(0): Chipset: "945GME"
(--) intel(0): Linear framebuffer at 0x40000000
(--) intel(0): IO registers at addr 0x58480000
(II) intel(0): 2 display pipes available.
(==) intel(0): Using XAA for acceleration
(--) intel(0): Will try to allocate texture pool for old Mesa 3D driver.
(II) intel(0): Will try to reserve 32768 kiB of AGP aperture space
	for the DRM memory manager.
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"(II) Module already built-in
(II) Loading sub module "i2c"
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"(II) Module already built-in
(II) intel(0): Output VGA using monitor section Monitor0
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "CRTDDC_A" initialized.
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS has no monitor section
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "LVDSDDC_C" initialized.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "LVDSDDC_C:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) intel(0): EDID for output VGA
(II) intel(0): EDID for output LVDS
(II) intel(0): Printing probed modes for output LVDS
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x600"x60.1   47.62  1024 1040 1045 1264  600 603 608 627 (37.7 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): Output VGA disconnected
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS connected
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS using initial mode 1024x600
(II) intel(0): Monitoring connected displays enabled
(II) intel(0): detected 256 kB GTT.
(II) intel(0): detected 7932 kB stolen memory.
(==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe
(==) intel(0): Will not try to enable page flipping
(==) intel(0): Triple buffering disabled
(==) intel(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(==) intel(0): DPI set to (100, 100)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "xaa"
(II) LoadModule: "xaa"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libxaa.so
(II) Module xaa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.2.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"(II) Module already built-in
(==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC?  No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
	[0] 0	0	0x58500000 - 0x5853ffff (0x40000) MS[B]
	[1] 0	0	0x40000000 - 0x4fffffff (0x10000000) MS[B]
	[2] 0	0	0x58480000 - 0x584fffff (0x80000) MS[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[4] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[6] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[7] -1	0	0x55200000 - 0x5520ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[8] -1	0	0x51000000 - 0x5100ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[9] -1	0	0x51010000 - 0x51010fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[10] -1	0	0x58544400 - 0x585447ff (0x400) MX[B]
	[11] -1	0	0x58540000 - 0x58543fff (0x4000) MX[B]
	[12] -1	0	0x58400000 - 0x5847ffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
	[13] -1	0	0x58500000 - 0x5853ffff (0x40000) MX[B](B)
	[14] -1	0	0x40000000 - 0x4fffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[15] -1	0	0x58480000 - 0x584fffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
	[16] 0	0	0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
	[17] 0	0	0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
	[18] 0	0	0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
	[19] 0	0	0x000060c0 - 0x000060c7 (0x8) IS[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[21] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
	[22] -1	0	0x00003000 - 0x000030ff (0x100) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
	[24] -1	0	0x000060a0 - 0x000060af (0x10) IX[B]
	[25] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
	[26] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[27] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
	[28] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
	[29] -1	0	0x00006020 - 0x0000603f (0x20) IX[B]
	[30] -1	0	0x00006040 - 0x0000605f (0x20) IX[B]
	[31] -1	0	0x00006060 - 0x0000607f (0x20) IX[B]
	[32] -1	0	0x00006080 - 0x0000609f (0x20) IX[B]
	[33] -1	0	0x000060c0 - 0x000060c7 (0x8) IX[B](B)
	[34] 0	0	0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
	[35] 0	0	0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(II) intel(0): Kernel reported 238336 total, 1 used
(II) intel(0): I830CheckAvailableMemory: 953340 kB available
(==) intel(0): VideoRam: 262144 KB
(II) intel(0): Attempting memory allocation with tiled buffers and 
	       large DRI memory manager reservation:
(II) intel(0): Allocating 4092 scanlines for pixmap cache
(II) intel(0): Success.
(II) intel(0): Increasing the scanline pitch to allow tiling mode (1280 -> 2048).
(II) intel(0): Memory allocation layout:
(II) intel(0): 0x00000000-0x0001ffff: ring buffer (128 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x00020000-0x00029fff: HW cursors (40 kB, 0x        3f820000 physical)
(II) intel(0): 0x0002a000-0x00031fff: logical 3D context (32 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x00032000-0x00032fff: overlay registers (4 kB, 0x        3f832000 physical)
(II) intel(0): 0x00040000-0x02a37fff: front buffer (42976 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x007bf000:            end of stolen memory
(II) intel(0): 0x02a38000-0x02e33fff: XAA Textured video scratch (4080 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x02e34000-0x02e43fff: xaa scratch (64 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x03000000-0x037fffff: back buffer (8192 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x03800000-0x03ffffff: depth buffer (8192 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x04000000-0x05ffffff: DRI memory manager (32768 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x06000000-0x07ffffff: textures (32768 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x10000000:            end of aperture
(II) intel(0): front buffer is not tiled
(II) intel(0): back buffer is tiled
(II) intel(0): depth buffer is tiled
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 8, (OK)
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 8, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 8, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 8
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
(II) [drm] DRM interface version 1.3
(II) [drm] DRM open master succeeded.
(II) intel(0): [drm] Using the DRM lock SAREA also for drawables.
(II) intel(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0x40040000
(II) intel(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) intel(0): X context handle = 0x1
(II) intel(0): [drm] installed DRM signal handler
(II) intel(0): Unable to use TTM-based memory manager with DRM version 1.6
(II) intel(0): [drm] Registers = 0x58480000
(II) intel(0): [drm] ring buffer = 0x40000000
(II) intel(0): [drm] init sarea width,height = 1280 x 1024 (pitch 2048)
(II) intel(0): [drm] Mapping front buffer
(II) intel(0): [drm] Front Buffer = 0x18008000
(II) intel(0): [drm] Back Buffer = 0x43000000
(II) intel(0): [drm] Depth Buffer = 0x43800000
(II) intel(0): [drm] textures = 0x46000000
(II) intel(0): [drm] Initialized kernel agp heap manager, 33554432
(II) intel(0): [dri] visual configs initialized
(II) intel(0): Page Flipping disabled
(WW) intel(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0x40000000,0x10000000)
(II) intel(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000
(II) intel(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
	Screen to screen bit blits
	Solid filled rectangles
	8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles
	Indirect CPU to Screen color expansion
	Solid Horizontal and Vertical Lines
	Offscreen Pixmaps
	Setting up tile and stipple cache:
		32 128x128 slots
		32 256x256 slots
		16 512x512 slots
(==) intel(0): Backing store disabled
(==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
(II) intel(0): Initializing HW Cursor
(II) intel(0): xf86BindGARTMemory: bind key 0 at 0x007bf000 (pgoffset 1983)
(II) intel(0): xf86BindGARTMemory: bind key 1 at 0x02a38000 (pgoffset 10808)
(II) intel(0): xf86BindGARTMemory: bind key 2 at 0x02e34000 (pgoffset 11828)
(II) intel(0): xf86BindGARTMemory: bind key 3 at 0x03000000 (pgoffset 12288)
(II) intel(0): xf86BindGARTMemory: bind key 4 at 0x03800000 (pgoffset 14336)
(II) intel(0): xf86BindGARTMemory: bind key 5 at 0x06000000 (pgoffset 24576)
(II) intel(0): Output configuration:
(II) intel(0):   Pipe A is off
(II) intel(0):   Display plane A is now disabled and connected to pipe A.
(II) intel(0):   Pipe B is on
(II) intel(0):   Display plane B is now enabled and connected to pipe B.
(II) intel(0):   Output VGA is connected to pipe none
(II) intel(0):   Output LVDS is connected to pipe B
(II) intel(0): Set up textured video
(II) intel(0): Set up overlay video
(II) intel(0): [DRI] installation complete
(II) intel(0): [drm] dma control initialized, using IRQ 16
(II) intel(0): direct rendering: Enabled
(II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
(WW) intel(0): Option "Clone" is not used
(WW) intel(0): Option "MonitorLayout" is not used
(--) RandR disabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension XAccessControlExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 9
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x23
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x24
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x25
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x26
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x27
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x28
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x29
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2a
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2b
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2c
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2d
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2e
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2f
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x30
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x31
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x32
(II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/dri/i915_dri.so
(II) GLX: Initialized DRI GL provider for screen 0
(II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 270 x 158
(**) Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
(**) Mouse0: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Mouse0: Protocol: "IMPS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse0: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Mouse0: Buttons: 9
(**) Mouse0: Sensitivity: 1
(II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.14.6 (1406)
(--) Synaptics Mouse auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event0
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"
(**) Option "SHMConfig" "on"
(**) Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
(**) Option "RightEdge" "5300"
(**) Option "TopEdge" "1700"
(**) Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
(**) Option "FingerLow" "25"
(**) Option "FingerHigh" "30"
(**) Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
(**) Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
(**) Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
(--) Synaptics Mouse touchpad found
(**) Option "AlwaysCore"
(**) Synaptics Mouse: always reports core events
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Keyboard0: Core Keyboard
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Keyboard0: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbModel: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "gb,us(euro)"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbLayout: "gb,us(euro)"
(**) Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbOptions: "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Keyboard0: CustomKeycodes disabled
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard0" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Synaptics Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)
Synaptics DeviceInit called
SynapticsCtrl called.
(II) Mouse0: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
Synaptics DeviceOn called
(--) Synaptics Mouse auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event0
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"
(--) Synaptics Mouse touchpad found

Code:

Wed 05 Aug 2009 06:13:06 PM UTC

(I guess the last time I tried booting again)

This works, thank goodness!

The strange saved_state file contents are as follows

Code:

CLIENTADD "IOR: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"
ADD 2801795074 "def" "/system/networking/connections" "IOR: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"

 

Gary

Now, it looks like the X server is actually starting! However, the desktop environment is not coming up. But, all of your hardware seems ok (well, display, keyboard, touchpad, anyway).

So, it seems that a restore (reload) would work. I am thinking of alternatives... but I have some house repairs to attend.

Will get back to this tomorrow.

fweigel.

 

Fweigel,

There is the line in the Xorg logfile as follows

Code:

(EE) Unable to open /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:02.0/enable.  Be afraid.

The whole /sys folder is empty. Should there be some content?

I am wondering if when I ran acerfand the first time, the uncontrolled shutdown it caused somehow corrupted the solid state drive. I'd like to try running the fsck but what does it do and what are the risks?

Regards,
Gary.

 

Gary

Yes, the X server is working -- but the HAL layer isn't, for some weird reason. And that is our current line (this would be much quicker if I had the machine in front of me, but it's probably more frustrating for you -- sorry).

The /sys directory SHOULD be completely empty -- if it hasn't been mounted!

In a terminal, type "mount". The output should be along the lines of:

/dev/sda1 on / type ext2 (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,devgid=502,devmode=664)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
none on /mnt/home type aufs (rw,si=df3ff180,xino=/home/user/.aufs.xino,create=mfs,dirs=/home/user=rw)

Of import is the line "none on /sys type sysfs (rw)". That probably doesn't appear in yours!? Then, check /etc/fstab There should be a line in there

none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0

This line causes mounting of /sys. If that line IS there, but /sys isn't mounted, try "sudo mount /sys". That shouldn't work, though... The implication is that a kernel module has been erased or corrupted.

fweigel

 

And, since it is (likely) one of the kernel modules, send me the result of typing the command "lsmod".

Thanks.

 

Fweigel,

I have a friend at work who is a Linux guru and has been helping me out as well.

He did a fsck on the drive for me over lunch, and my SSD was quite sick. Anyway he let it repair itself, but I found out later that it couldn't fully recover all the broken files.

Essentially I could boot up to the GUI but the panel was screwy (e.g. AC power symbol when running on battery) and the keyboard wouldn't work. Also got messages saying some network connection settings had been lost, and it wouldn't power down without the 5 sec method.

So I have decided to do a fresh install and will probably use the ext3 filesystem in case a similar thing happens in the future.

Thanks for you help though -- it is very useful to have such an active forum when you're just starting out in Linux, and I learned a lot from it!

 

Gary

Using ext3 will wear your SSD a bit faster... ext2 is actually not too bad (except, well, sometimes...)

For SSD, I recommend ext2, but with a full backup. Your friend can help you install "tar"; I have a set of instructions on how to do a backup (check my posts).

I have been using ext2 with Linpus for almost a year (but I do have my backups, just in case).