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
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. ;-) > > > >> 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. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150224161714.0cc24...@debian7.boseck208.net
