Patrick Bartek <nemomm...@gmail.com> writes: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> Patrick Bartek <nemomm...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> > >> >> I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working >> > >> > I couldn't find an 050 model. Did you mean H50? >> >> Nope, its a Lenovo 050 Desktop from ebuyer
http://www.ebuyer.com/658956-lenovo-e50-desktop-pc-90bx0018uk > > Couldn't find that model listed anywhere. Even searched ebuyer's site. > Nothing. Just trying to get the specs on it. Curious. No matter as it > seems installing watchdog solved your problem. Although, why watchdog > wasn't installed in the first place or why it needed to be installed at > all. ??? It's not on my Wheezy system, and I have no problems. Of > course, my current system is 1 to 8 years old depending on which > part. ;-) > It seems that something was calling watchdog, which wasn't installed, so it seems that everything froze because of it. >> > >> >> reasonably okay except for the occasional crashes. For instance, >> >> I've had it a fortnight now and its longest uptime has been just >> >> over 3 days, even though its on all the time! >> > >> > What OS did it come with Windows 7 or 8? Did the machine crash when >> > running Windows? If yes, you could have a hardware problem. If no, >> > then it's probably a Linux problem. >> > >> 8.1, which was very soon removed to install wheezy to upgrade to >> jessie. >> >> > You seemed to have installed Jessie 32-bit based on your other >> > posting -- "installed watchedog" . . . i386. >> > >> > What version of Jessie? It's at RC1 as of 25 Jan. >> >> It was installed on 10th February, a netinstall of wheezy. Then >> upgraded to jessie on the same day. >> > >> > Dual boot or did you wipe out Windows? >> > >> > GNOME3 desktop? >> >> Fluxbox, I went into gnome once whilst I installed fluxbox, and >> there I remain. > > When GNOME went to 3, I stopped using GNOME. It caused more problems > than it was worth. Even installing another environment or just > using a window manager, it still got in the way. Ultimately, when I > upgraded to Debian Wheezy (from Fedora 12) I did a netinstall, Basic > System. Added what I wanted -- X, etc. -- service by service, > app by app. > > You should be able to choose which environment or window manager you > want on the login page. If you set Fluxbox as the Default, system > should boot to it the next time and every time until you change it. > > >> > >> > Here's what I'd do. Start over from zero. You could have a >> > corrupted install. Wipe out your current Jessie. Download and >> > install the most current 64-bit version. Do a checksum on the >> > download itself and the CD or DVD after burning. Depending on your >> > Internet connection, a netinstall CD will get you an up-to-date >> > system when the install is completed. >> >> Everything is working okay, that crashing was the only problem, so >> thanks, but I'm staying with it as it is. The setup was missing >> "watchdog" which is now installed. But it is a good idea to get a >> new 64-bit version, my install disk was burnt on 28 May 2013 so it >> does need to be replaced. > > You said you upgraded from Wheezy. When or if, you reinstall Jessie, > just get the latest version and do a clean install. I've never done a > distribution upgrade that didn't require fixing in some way or other. > Clean installs are the least problematical. > Good advice, which I'm going to follow. Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo = https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian testing, fluxbox 1.3.6, emacs 24.4.1.0
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