It look like I or somebody else will have to open it up. It has been pretty quiet for a while, but it is acting up again. It is really weird how the noise will sometimes suddenly stop. Now it is...
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It look like I or somebody else will have to open it up. It has been pretty quiet for a while, but it is acting up again. It is really weird how the noise will sometimes suddenly stop. Now it is...
Re: Fan Noise
This is not normal. I have had this machine for five years, and recently it started making these awful noises for hours at a time.
That is the thing: I don't know how many fans are in there. I infer the presence of this one by the noise. It is right by the power button. I can attach a pic I got off the Web. Yes, that noise...
Yes, I may just have to open it up and have a look inside. I have upgraded the memory in it; I am not a total hardware noob. I have been reading about software that you can use to control the fans,...
Re: Fan Noise
OK, I have looked into /proc/acpi and can see this: cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/t*
temperature: 43 C
critical (S5): 95 C
passive: 88 C: tc1=2 tc2=3...
It is driving me crazy. For long periods of time it will make noise like it is trying to start up, then suddenly go silent. This is a Compaq Presario F572US notebook. Currently, the Quanta 30D3...
OK, so the Memtest off of the 12.10 is bad. I have gotten similar errors from the one I got from the lubuntu disk, version 4.20, I think. Is the version off the web site good?
I hope you have solved all these problems by now. No one posted any ideas for you. I came upon this thread while researching the message that I get from Update Manager:
Please insert the disk...
That happens on my lubuntu system whenever I shut down. I think when it says "Will now halt" it already has halted. I push the power button to get it to really shut off. I have a separate reset...
OK, I can mark this one as solved. I can boot into Lubuntu and Windows, although I need to use a Super Grub diskette to get into windows.
Mine is a real special case, what with CD drives dying...
Keep on plugging away. That's what I do.
Cheers,
Paul
I am in luck; two replies and a solution to the thread "Forgotten Password", all within minutes of my posting. Here is a great article: http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword
It tells how to...
That may be so, but I have already put in a whole lot of work into trying to boot and install from a CD. Looking back at old log files that I managed to save, I see stuff like this:
hdd: command...
I find it most helpful to think of it as moving the space to any directory that needs it. Physically, you plug a usb drive into a port. Using the mount command, you plug it anywhere you want,...
The first CD drive that died was old, but the second was a nine year old new-in-the box drive. It had been sitting on a friend's shelf for nine years, then he gave it to me. Half of me wonders if...
Four views and three replies already, I hit the jackpot, thanks.
Using Windows 98:( I have downloaded Lubuntu Maverick to c:\iso-boot\. Booting from Supergrub2 I have booted this iso. It acts as...
Rocovering from blown install
I made an abortive attempt to install Xubuntu last year. I killed off two CD drives in that attempt. Anyone who wants to read the whole sad story can see it here:...
Re: Dual Boot Doesn't Boot
Maybe I should try a third CD drive, and see what happens. If I buy one new with a warrenty, I have some protection if it dies, too. My worry would be compatabillity. I want something that my BIOS...
CD Drive Recommedations
My ten year old computer needs a new CD drive. Those interested in all the sad details can read my thread, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1180017, but the short version is that my attempts...
IIRC, it makes a difference to SUSE. I don't know about Ubuntu.
In other words, the OP would enter this:
fsck -f /dev/sda1
If you linux partition is sda5, then
fsck -f /dev/sda5
Did you try
dmesg | tail
after the failed mount commands? For that matter, it might be worthwhile to capture all of the output of dmesg after trying mount.
It looks like whatever failure your machine had messed up your file system. Try booting from a live CD and see if it detects your disk(s).
I think you want to enter this:
cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Paul
Re: Can software damage hardware?
So, my question would be, can installing Ubuntu and booting from the live CD kill off a CD drive? I had two drives go bad last year. The first was quite old, but its replacement was new.
You can...