I'm late to this thread and don't fully know the specs of the laptop in
question.
But.. if Tina can boot from a cd, could she use Knoppix to identify a
hardware problem vs a software one?
Ruperto
On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 11:45 -0700, Hannu Virtanen wrote:
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> some clarifications:
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>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hannu Virtanen <hannu_markus_virta...@yahoo.com>
>
> Of course everybody understands to backup the important files if reinstalling
> the whole computer?
>
> This is just a computer, not a house; to ('install' was dropped off...) a
> debian system is normally not a big thing.
> If the machine has got some parts, which are not working with the standard
> configuration, then it might become difficult...
>
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> I think that if the machine cannot now transfer Tina's texts into the net, it
> is now merely
> a text editor?
>
> And the important files in the machine are text files?
>
> By installing the whole thing herself one can get much more command over the
> machine
> than leaving that to somebody else...
>
> Installing is really not much more difficult than using common installed
> programs.
> Debian installation is nowadays really well made.
>
> I've used debian with my computers already something like 15 years.
> I'm not any kind of specialist with computers, but you learn by doing the
> things.
>
> I've realized that many people are just too much afraid of the machines.
>
> If some things don't work within the installation, Tina maybe needs help from
> somebody.
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>
> 
One more thing: Tina: have you checked at your 'firefox' that it (=firefox)
> for sure allows the net connection?
> Please look at 'file' column.
>
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> We really know very little, where the problem lies...
>
> I agree with Scott Ferguson, that all this requires a lot of guessing.
> But what else can we do?
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>
> -hv
>
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> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 2:47 PM EEST Scott Ferguson wrote:
>
>
> >Maybe - but without hearing from Tina we're just guessing. And a
> >scenario where reinstalling "fixes things" requires a lot of guessing.
>
>
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