Re: [lubuntu-users] Support

2017-11-12 Thread Ian Bruntlett
Hi Ralf, On 12 November 2017 at 16:54, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Smartctl is not perfect, but another link in the chain, even unplugging > SATA cables and connecting them again is important and so on and so > forth... > On a system I refurbished recently, memtest86+

Re: [lubuntu-users] Privacy and security - Was: Lubuntu's repository

2017-11-12 Thread Walter Lapchynski
On November 11, 2017 10:35:58 PM PST, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >to grant privacy and security it's important to check the ISO against a >signed checksum by a trusted key. Agreed. Nice solution. I'd put it under source control somewhere and/or add it to the Ubuntu

Re: [lubuntu-users] Support

2017-11-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
PS: If RAM bars mounted to computer A should fail Memtest, do the same RAM bars fail Memtest when mounted to computer B? -- Guerilla Open Access Manifesto: https://archive.org/stream/GuerillaOpenAccessManifesto/Goamjuly2008_djvu.txt -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [lubuntu-users] Support

2017-11-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 15:37:50 +, Ian Bruntlett wrote: >Given personal experience of refurbishing computers for the Contact >Computer Wombling/Refurbishing Project, I have found that when a >computer I'm working on fails to run memtest86+ , that computer is not >reliable enough for normal use.

Re: [lubuntu-users] Support

2017-11-12 Thread Ian Bruntlett
Hi Ralf et al, On 12 November 2017 at 14:45, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Apart from this, it might have been a BIOS issue and maybe the RAM > wasn't bad. Memtest is _not_ reliable. Using Memtest makes sense, but > you shouldn't trust it. > > If RAM shouldn't pass Memtest

Re: [lubuntu-users] Support

2017-11-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 07:27:39 -0700, Mark F wrote: >It was so strange. I used Windows 95% of the time. It didn't freeze >(even when installing it). But, for some reason Linux touched that bad >memory in a way that caused my computer to hang. Linux does use all available RAM, not only regarding

Re: [lubuntu-users] Support

2017-11-12 Thread Mark F
On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 7:05 AM, Ian Bruntlett wrote: > > One thing to do is check for memory problems. > ,,, > * Use the down arrow key to select "Memory test (memtest86+) > ... That's *excellent* advice. About 20 years ago I would occasionally install Linux. For a