On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 10:28:49AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > Jesse Sheidlower wrote: >> I have a two-year-old ThinkPad T60. It recently developed some >> screen problems--the display was losing colors, and finally >> started to die completely, going to black shortly after >> startup--so I sent it back for a warranty repair. I pulled the >> hard drive before I shipped it. >> >> It's back now, but the machine is now locking up hard at >> various points in the boot process. The first few times it >> froze at "Setting the system clock"; then at "Activing >> swapfile swap". Now it is booting all the way and letting me >> log into Gnome, but then locks up soon after. Needless to say, >> it was working fine (aside from the screen) before the repair. >> >> They included a note saying that they had also upgraded the >> BIOS and embedded controller--to 2.23 and 1.07 respectively. >> >> I'm running Debian unstable, kernel 2.6.29-2-686. >> >> I'd be very grateful for any suggestion about what might have >> caused this, and for how to evaluate and fix it. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Jesse Sheidlower > > > Have you thought about testing it with a Live CD? > > I would recommend the SimplyMEPIS version 8.0.06 it's based on Lenny > http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05447 and if it works ok, you can go to > the Kmenu, System, Mepis, Mepis System Assistant and check and repair > your partitions. It also has the tools needed for most computer > maintenance like Testdisk, GParted etc and good to have in your toolbox.
I gave this a try. Unfortunately, a few seconds after hitting the MEPIS desktop screen, it, too, locks up hard, and I have to reboot. Next suggestion? :-( Jesse Sheidlower -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
