-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/05/12 13:07, Gareth France wrote: > A few minutes ago my system started accessing the hard drive > frantically for about 5 minutes, then logged out while I was hald > way through writing an email. Now every time try to log back in it > says:
Check logs in /var/log such as /var/log/syslog and /var/log/messages for errors around the time the problem started. You may need to switch user to your 'real' account and then use sudo so see those files:- su - gareth sudo more /var/log/syslog You can also use tools like "dh -f" to check disk space, and tools like "smartctl" to detect if the disk is failing/failed. You can also test a brand new user to see if it's just something in your account that's mashed up. sudo adduser testy Also take a look in your /home/gareth folder for the most recently written files/folders, they may give clues. Also have a look at /home/gareth/.xsession-errors All is not lost, if you can boot up and logon as guest then the system isn't irreversibly broken IMO. Cheers, - -- Alan Pope Engineering Manager Canonical - Product Strategy +44 (0) 7973 620 164 [email protected] http://ubuntu.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPowYGAAoJEMx6UFtfvV4wBWwIALbXdOd6mA+9YxB+lbeD05N/ aloW9nHhQvOXphWd9apY99Lq4EdzJNke9XMVYLcgxwOAlXOowR6/bBkrDUR6FcGv 787F8qK3N/irctjk+ARuVQxufrq0C5D6rqQOEoRmhSx4MQi3t14DR2BKVCwOSse1 LkUlEKf6IWB+jvqxeJ2AMnGALmjElgmVtOuo0c7vywms/Z1f8ts0GwEw0i5g27+V Fhh+Tq6D/jaN/VZN5Ck+RY+iiR6aJH199Dgc6UxOvWLWT6n7OFbypnX4GQp7QZOq 1fVwdZPVkIqNe5hePvx15Otw3a9NE50Rt1A5u0D3NZ3z+ati4/d36wQKLlQ6y5I= =1FuT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
