On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 01:50:20 +0100 (CET), [email protected] wrote: > I apologise if this sequence of dumb decisions and my lack of memory makes > you cringe, mad or have any other negative response. > So a couple of days ago my laptop ran out of power whilst i was playing a > game. My computer was still on but i couldn't do anything; the screen was > black. I decided to charge it. After 10 minutes, i saw no effect, so i > turned it off and on again: It worked perfectly fine! I went on to do my > regular buisness on it, including changing the permissions and possibly the > owner and group of many (almost all) of the files in /bin, /sbin and /usr and > the directories thereof.
Why did you change the permissions of those files? > I then suspended the computer and went to bed. In future, just turn the thing off. > The > following day, (i'm pretty sure) my computer was out of power again. After a > brief moment charging, i turned it on. The normal loading screen (the one > with the semi-transparent Trisquel logo and the default background) is shown > like normal, but then the screen just goes black, even though i have plenty > of power. > Help please! Does the computer itself remain on, or do the screen and the computer turn off? You may have corrupted some stuff throughout the course of your antics.
