--- Philippe Landau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote: > > Therefore X was messed up ... how come ? It worked > > fine up to the night before. I turned off the > computer > > in the end of my working session. > An update could be the culprit.
I noticed that my laptop is being updated pretty frequently. When I am notified that some new patches are ready I am at a loss whether to install them or not. > > > In short I had to reinstall SuSE 10.3 which fixed > the > > problem. But the serious difficulty was to save > three > > directories where I have all my recent > developments. I > > thought through knoppix I could mount both the > > internal and external hard drive and make copies. > > Apparently knoppix mounts the peripherals in a > > read-only mode (???) so .. forget about it. > No, it does to protect users, but right-click a > drive > on the desktop and choose the option to make them > writable. > Thank you. I did not know that. The previous time I used knoppix was over 2 years ago. But I would expect a technician that I pay as the Linux "expert" to know that. I saw this guy groping for a solution just like me. > > Fortunately I have a web site on a remote > server. So > > from the simple text- mode I could compress and > ftp my > > directories to my web site from which I could > recover > > them after reinstalling SuSE 10.3 > > > > As a consequence I fell behind my schedule. To > prevent > > future emergencies I am thinking of getting > another > > laptop/notebook. > You are right, if you depend on your computer, > you need a backup computer at the ready. > I am planning to get another laptop. A dual core. I have no time to update myself about what is available put together a configuration. Thank you, Maura > Kind regards Philippe > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Maura Edelweiss M. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
