They pressing and holding the power button for 30 seconds. It should should turn off.
- Sent from my pocket computing telecommunications device. All typos and poor communications will be blamed on the autocarrot function of said device. On Thu, Feb 3, 2022, 8:38 PM John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> wrote: > I my travails with the new Dell laptop, while trying Mint I clicked on > something and the panel disappeared. It was Mint Xfce so I tried > xfce4-panel -r, but that did nothing. Then I decided to try the Install > Mint button, and suddenly the screen blacked out with text rolling down > saying > > 1529.999999 SQASHFS error squashfs_read_data failed to read > block0x40f81eeb > > The block number on the right remains constant, but the left number > increments with each new line, with a new line every millisecond or so. > > I can't get a terminal open, and even the power button won't function. > It looks like I'm just going to have to sit here until the battery runs > down. > > Maybe I should just throw it off a bridge. >
