Maybe try this? I’d actually try to read the contents of /var/crash before deleting it, but it seems like if there’s an issue, it’ll write there again anyways, and it might just be complaining about something in the past....
https://itsfoss.com/how-to-fix-system-program-problem-detected-ubuntu/ On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 5:36 PM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/29/20 5:15 PM, Nat Taylor wrote: > > by /dev/sdX > > I mean, /dev/sda or whatever device your main hard drive is, you could > find > > out by typing > > df > > first, and see which drive your / is on. > > and use that for sdX > > ~# df > <...> > /def/sda5 > <...> > > ~# (grub-install /dev/sda5 )* > bash: sybntax error near unexpected token `*' > ~# (grub-install /dev/sda5)* > bash: sybntax error near unexpected token `*' > ~# (grub-install /dev/sda5) > Installing for i386-pc platform. > grub-install: warning: File system`exxt2' doesn't support embedding. > grub-install: Warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be > installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are > UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. > grub-install: error: willnot proceed with blocklists. > ~# (grub-install /dev/sda) > Installing for i386-pc platform. > Installation finished. No error reported. > ~# reboot > > Booted normally. > > Thanks for the recommendation. > > I still get the "System program problem detected" but the machine > appears to run like it used to. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
