Hah, I'm glad it was nothing as nefarious as some weird malware or rootkit, or as irritating/potentially expensive as an actual hardware failure. Great work, and thanks, Rick.
Tim On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 7:59 PM Bob Scofield <scofi...@omsoft.com> wrote: > > I've got it fixed. But first thanks to Brian, Tim, Rod, and Rick. > > Because Thunderbird was starting to crash I decided to go ahead and try > to fix it on my own. (I was getting very nervous.) I think my > procedure, while ham handed, generally follows Rick's advice. But Rick > did not waste his time with the long response because I'm going to copy > and paste his response into a Libreoffice document so I'll know a more > elegant approach the next time this happens. So I appreciate it, Rick. > > Rick said to see if Firefox was still running. It was. When I tried to > reboot I got a message that I had to force the roboot because Firefox > was still running. > > As far as Brian's advice goes, I had a Linux Mint stick. So I booted > into and checked that Firefox was working from it. > > Then from /home I deleted the following: .mozilla, .chromium, and .cache. > > As far as Rick's point about bookmarks, I think I've got most backed up > on an external hard drive. I'll check as soon as I send this message. > > Then I reinstalled Linux Mint. I've wasted some time doing it this way, > but everything seems to be working. And I've got Virtualbox working, > which I was worried about. > > I may have committed the fallacy of false cause, but I'm still not going > back to that website about the mama bear. > > Thanks again. > > Bob > > On 06/02/2018 06:04 PM, Brian E. Lavender wrote: > > Bob, > > > > How about booting with Fedora on a stick? > > > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/quick-docs/en-US/creating-and-using-a-live-installation-image.html > > > > I can create one for you if you like. > > > > brian > > > > On Sat, Jun 02, 2018 at 05:12:41PM -0700, Bob Scofield wrote: > >> Here's an update. The idea of installing Chrome as a temporary fix does > >> not > >> work. Chrome will not even come up when I click on the icon. > >> > >> Bob > >> > >> On 06/02/2018 04:55 PM, Bob Scofield wrote: > >>> I've got an infected Linux desktop and I don't have the technical > >>> expertise to fix it. I live in Woodland and I'm willing to hire someone > >>> to come over here to fix it. So I'll explain the problem and then > >>> explain what I think I can do on my own, but if that won't work I would > >>> like some professional help. > >>> > >>> I was on the CNN news website and saw an article with a title something > >>> like "Mama Bear Hugs Man Who Saved Cubs." I wanted to read the article, > >>> but checked out another story first. Then I could no longer find the > >>> bear story on the CNN website. So I Googled and found it. > >>> > >>> When I clicked on the link to the story or video or whatever it is, > >>> Firefox crashed. It crashed permanently. If I try to start Firefox all > >>> I get is the "Mozilla Crash Report." I've removed Firefox 3 times. > >>> I've purged Firefox twice. I've reinstalled and the problem persists. > >>> > >>> In the meantime I tried to read the story with Chromium. Chromium now > >>> constantly crashes. It will not stay up for more than about 30 seconds. > >>> > >>> What's more, Cinnamon (I'm using Linux Mint) is now crashing every once > >>> and awhile and I've never seen Cinnamon crash before. > >>> > >>> One idea I have is to reinstall Linux Mint. But /home is on a separate > >>> partition. And I've got a feeling that if I reinstall, then something > >>> in /home/.mozilla will prevent Firefox from working. So if I do a > >>> reinstall, do I first wipe out /.mozilla? > >>> > >>> I've got ESET Linux antivirus on this computer and it didn't find > >>> anything during an in-depth scan. > >>> > >>> This is a dual boot system. I use Windows 7 for work. Given that > >>> Windows 7 is expiring next January I was planning on taking some time in > >>> November to re-partition this computer to wipe out the Windows partition > >>> and use Windows 7 in Virtualbox (keeping Windows more isolated from the > >>> Internet). So I guess I could download Chrome and use it until I do > >>> this big computer switch in November. But even then I have to worry > >>> about whether .mozilla should be deleted. > >>> > >>> If one of these fixes don't seem like they'd work, please contact me and > >>> I'll hire you to drive over and do the fix. > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> Bob > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> vox-tech mailing list > >>> vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > >>> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > >> _______________________________________________ > >> vox-tech mailing list > >> vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > >> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech