Hi all, A cautionary tale: Turned on netbook [Acer Aspire 150] for the first time since a kernel update. Got to password screen and performed an immediate catastrophic power off - as in software risking instant type.
First instinct was battery death. Wrong. Next instinct was the dreaded "damn kernel update caused this". Pleased to report - those who assume an update causes a fail are often right - but often wrong. Real cause? Carrying a netbook in boot of vehicle travelling approx. 1000 miles/week causes vibration. 3rd instinct took over after trying a live cd from usb cd drive failed in same way - with battery removed, SD backup card removed & netbook running off power pack. 3rd instinct?... Turn the darn thing upside down - give it a few [stragetically placed] "gentle" taps to "reverse" the vehicle vibration damage and hope its memory had worked loose. TV repair job, I admit - though I would prefer the phrase "get-you-home- engineering". Netbook is running smooth as a smooth thing in a smooth world with a smooth population eating smooth food, smoothly. 12.04 survived all the power offs intact, as did Xubuntu 12.04 on other partition. When time permits I will get into guts of it and re-seat all re-seatables - as a good little engineer should ;) Remember - updates can be a coincidence as well as a cause. -- Cheers, Bill B. [SuperEngineer] ------------------------------ -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -----Free as in Freedom------ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
