--- "Carlos E. R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > The Sunday 2008-01-20 at 09:11 -0800, 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. > > 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. > > If the X session was broken, you should have been > able to switch to text > mode and from there done a backup to an external usb > disk, for instance, > and/or try to repair. You should get familiar with > the procedures so the > next time you are caught unawares. >
I succeded in switching to text mode. But I did not know how to mout the external hard drive or memory stick or DVD/CD R+W drive. I do not know how to start an email client even less a network browser without a graphic interface. > You can even use email in text mode - I do. There > are http browsers, file > managers, editors, etc, in text mode. Including > googling! :-P > > ... > > > As a consequence I fell behind my schedule. To > prevent > > future emergencies I am thinking of getting > another > > laptop/notebook. Since I have to use MS Office > every > > now and then I would consider to run alternatively > > Windows and SuSE through WMware. Now I run MS > Office > > through CrossOveR. > > Is WMware stable and reliable ? > > Hum! Quite... as far as things as complex as that > go, yes. But it is > closed source, you know. Isn't there a free WMware and a commercial one ? Thank you, Maura > > > > > - -- > Cheers, > Carlos E. R. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHlVHItTMYHG2NR9URAkgxAKCDAbk44WdpA1m4FctKRU9TgID1uwCfbTX6 > 6qBP4GWI8vsdH0XByRiKhao= > =lTre > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > 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]
