Now there is something I can do. CD 12.04 seems to run fine. So you would point to SW. How about the HD? Is there a chance that an intruder mucked things up? Our system is not on line all the time--only when it is use.
What to do next? Thanks so much. Gotta go now, but will be back this evening. -Denis On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Nat Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > A live cd or live usb stick running properly would tell u your issue is > software. If it locks up too heat or power supply could be the culprit. > > On Wednesday, November 4, 2015, King Beowulf <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Wednesday, November 4, 2015, Denis Heidtmann < > [email protected] > > <javascript:;>> > > wrote: > > > > > The precursor may or may not be related. > > > > > > I discovered that my wife's gmail had been accessed by an iphone on > Nov, > > > 1. We have no iphone, and were home alone at the time listed. So I > > > changed the pass word. Then tried to open firefox. Would not load. > > > Nothing would work, except the mouse pointer would move around. Had to > > use > > > the power button to restart. Now I get error: attempt to read or write > > > outside of disk 'hd0'. Entering rescue mode. grub rescue> > > > > > > Yesterday the computer froze in a similar fashion when my wife was > > looking > > > at email in evolution. A power switch intervention was required, but > it > > > booted fine at that time. > > > > > > So the two incidents point to hardware problems or intrusion? > > > > > > I have googled for grub rescue recovery, but what I found was aimed at > > > people with more understanding than I have. > > > > > > Are there suggestions that someone here can offer? > > > > > > thanks, > > > -Denis > > > > > > > sounds like overheating. When was the last time you cleared out the dust > > and checked CPU fan? The thermal compound btween heat sink and CPU. will > > get brittle over time as well. > > > > -Ed > > > > > > > > > > -- > > You! What PLANET is this! > > -- McCoy, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate 3134.0 > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
