Re: Reports of my laptop's ressurection premature

2007-05-03 Thread Joshua Penix
On May 2, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Lan Barnes wrote: Went home for errands and booted it up. It w o r k s, sort of, but it's real slow to boot and stuff. The logs show a nest of hda errors yesterday and some DMA errors. Then when I tried to exit X it went south with a couple of hda resers/OK

Re: Reports of my laptop's ressurection premature

2007-05-03 Thread Lan Barnes
On Thu, May 3, 2007 8:57 am, Joshua Penix wrote: On May 2, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Lan Barnes wrote: Went home for errands and booted it up. It w o r k s, sort of, but it's real slow to boot and stuff. The logs show a nest of hda errors yesterday and some DMA errors. Then when I tried to exit

Re: Reports of my laptop's ressurection premature

2007-05-03 Thread Carl Lowenstein
On 5/3/07, Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, May 3, 2007 8:57 am, Joshua Penix wrote: On May 2, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Lan Barnes wrote: Went home for errands and booted it up. It w o r k s, sort of, but it's real slow to boot and stuff. The logs show a nest of hda errors yesterday

Re: Reports of my laptop's ressurection premature

2007-05-03 Thread Lan Barnes
On Thu, May 3, 2007 11:15 am, Carl Lowenstein wrote: On 5/3/07, Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, May 3, 2007 8:57 am, Joshua Penix wrote: On May 2, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Lan Barnes wrote: Went home for errands and booted it up. It w o r k s, sort of, but it's real slow to

Re: Reports of my laptop's ressurection premature

2007-05-03 Thread Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade
On May 3, 2007, at 11:08 AM, Lan Barnes wrote: If it's dying, I can't prove it with smartd, hence my desire to take it to the installfest Saturday where adults can pore over it. I also wondered if the DMA controller got fried when the thing overheated. I'm as educated about hardware as the

Re: Reports of my laptop's ressurection premature

2007-05-03 Thread Lan Barnes
On Thu, May 3, 2007 11:27 am, Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote: On May 3, 2007, at 11:08 AM, Lan Barnes wrote: If it's dying, I can't prove it with smartd, hence my desire to take it to the installfest Saturday where adults can pore over it. I also wondered if the DMA controller got fried when

Re: Reports of my laptop's ressurection premature

2007-05-03 Thread Joshua Penix
On May 3, 2007, at 11:55 AM, Lan Barnes wrote: Josh, I want that drive! In fact, _anybody_ with a cast off 40 G laptop drive, you can find me in the traffic island at Roscrans and Midway with a cardboard sign, VIETNAM VET NEEDS 40 G HD TO SURVIVE -- GOD BLESS. I'll bring it to the Sparky

Re: Reports of my laptop's ressurection premature

2007-05-03 Thread Carl Lowenstein
On 5/3/07, Joshua Penix [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 3, 2007, at 11:55 AM, Lan Barnes wrote: Josh, I want that drive! In fact, _anybody_ with a cast off 40 G laptop drive, you can find me in the traffic island at Roscrans and Midway with a cardboard sign, VIETNAM VET NEEDS 40 G HD TO

Re: Reports of my laptop's ressurection premature

2007-05-03 Thread Lan Barnes
On Thu, May 3, 2007 5:21 pm, Joshua Penix wrote: On May 3, 2007, at 11:55 AM, Lan Barnes wrote: Josh, I want that drive! In fact, _anybody_ with a cast off 40 G laptop drive, you can find me in the traffic island at Roscrans and Midway with a cardboard sign, VIETNAM VET NEEDS 40 G HD TO