[clug] linux Digest, Vol 118, Issue 2

Tue Oct 2 04:46:59 MDT 2012

I worked for hrs on the laptop pulling it apart and I got to the fan this time but it's still not working. 
When I said files open, I can see pictures & see music playing playing but there's no sound. There's no sound icon.. :(
A friend said her dad us retired and uses Linux so I might pass it on to him. 
Worse case I have no buy a new laptop and hopefully save the hard drive. Hopefully!
Thanks
I'll keep you posted

Karen
:)

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>   1. Linux Conf 2013 Early Bird registrations are open (Robert Edwards)
>   2. Re: linux Digest, Vol 118, Issue 1 (Karen Yahoo)
>   3. Re: Linux help needed please (Lana Brindley)
>   4. Re: Linux help needed please (Kim Holburn)
>   5. Re: Linux Conf 2013 Early Bird registrations are open
>      (Michael Still)
>   6. LCA2013 Earlybird Regos Now Open! (Michael Still)
>   7. Contract position available (Lynette Zweck)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 08:31:58 +1000
>From: Robert Edwards <bob at cs.anu.edu.au>
>To: CLUG List <linux at lists.samba.org>
>Subject: [clug] Linux Conf 2013 Early Bird registrations are open
>Message-ID: <506A19DE.70209 at cs.anu.edu.au>
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>(reposting from Makers list - thanks Alastair!...)
>
>Hi Folks,
>
>Early Bird registrations for Linux Conf 2013 (here in Canberra) is now open.
>http://linux.conf.au/register/prices
>
>It's not just about Linux, but more the open source movement. You can check
>out the programme here:
>http://linux.conf.au/programme/schedule
>
>Pricing is $650 for professionals, $260 for hobbyists and $99 for students.
>
>(interesting that this announcement went out on Makers before CLUG...).
>
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>Message: 2
>Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 16:10:02 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Karen Yahoo <kazzaajamm at yahoo.com.au>
>To: linux at lists.samba.org
>Subject: Re: [clug] linux Digest, Vol 118, Issue 1
>Message-ID:
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>Thank you for replying..
>I'm using a Compaq Presario CQ40
>I think I might try opening it up and blowing it out. When I tried to do it before I couldn't get to the fan. 
>The keys are still working fine, I can open files still.
>How do I do the memory test if the USB ports and CD drive aren't working?
>
>Thanks
>Karen
>
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>On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 4:00 AM AEST linux-request at lists.samba.org wrote:
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>>   1. Linux help needed please (Karen Yahoo)
>>   2. Re: Linux help needed please (Paul Wayper)
>>   3. Re: Linux help needed please (Alastair D'Silva)
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>>Message: 1
>>Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 03:35:04 -0700 (PDT)
>>From: Karen Yahoo <kazzaajamm at yahoo.com.au>
>>To: "linux at lists.samba.org" <linux at lists.samba.org>
>>Subject: [clug] Linux help needed please
>>Message-ID:
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>>Hi all,
>>?
>>A very kind friend of mine in NZ installed?Ubuntu 
>>Linux?on my laptop about 12mths ago when Windows died and he convinced me how 
>>awesome Linux?was to use.
>>I have had no problems until just recently. The 
>>laptop keeps rebooting when I try to shut it down and the?wireless,usb ports, 
>>memory card slot?and cd/dvd drives have all stopped working.
>>I have had some 
>>problems with the fan being quite noisy and the laptop running?a bit warm. Could 
>>these be linked to the problems?
>>If I could I would take it back to my friend for 
>>help but he's in NZ, so he gave me?a link to your user group in hope that 
>>someone can offer some advice or mybe have a look at the laptop.
>>I am happy to pay?someone who has time to work on 
>>the laptop.
>>I would rather give it to someone here that 
>>actually knows what they're doing and if studying will need the money more than 
>>take it to a repair shop.
>>?
>>Thank you
>>Karen
>>?
>>P.S I sent Paul a direct email and he suggested 
>>posting my questions in the mailing list.
>>
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>>
>>Message: 2
>>Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:04:03 +1000
>>From: Paul Wayper <paulway at mabula.net>
>>To: linux at lists.samba.org
>>Subject: Re: [clug] Linux help needed please
>>Message-ID: <506978A3.9070208 at mabula.net>
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>>On 09/30/2012 08:35 PM, Karen Yahoo wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> A very kind friend of mine in NZ installed Ubuntu Linux on my laptop
>> about 12mths ago when Windows died and he convinced me how awesome Linux
>> was to use. I have had no problems until just recently. The laptop keeps
>> rebooting when I try to shut it down and the wireless,usb ports, memory
>> card slot and cd/dvd drives have all stopped working. I have had some 
>> problems with the fan being quite noisy and the laptop running a bit
>> warm. Could these be linked to the problems?
>>
>>Hi Karen,
>>
>>My initial thought is that it might be a hardware failure - something on the
>>motherboard may have gone bad and just lost connection with a whole range of
>>onboard parts.  Package upgrades in Linux don't normally cause anything like
>>that (not in my eight years of using it, certainly).  What is the make and
>>model of the computer?
>>
>>In my experience if the laptop is overheating it can manifest in the entire
>>machine locking up - it no longer responds to key presses, the same image is
>>displayed, and the only way to un-wedge it is to hold the power button in.
>>You're not getting anything like that?
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>Paul
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>>Message: 3
>>Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 21:58:04 +1000
>>From: "Alastair D'Silva" <alastair at d-silva.org>
>>To: <paulway at mabula.net>, <linux at lists.samba.org>
>>Subject: Re: [clug] Linux help needed please
>>Message-ID: <006301cd9fcc$0445a3f0$0cd0ebd0$@d-silva.org>
>>Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> On 09/30/2012 08:35 PM, Karen Yahoo wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > A very kind friend of mine in NZ installed Ubuntu Linux on my laptop
>> > about 12mths ago when Windows died and he convinced me how
>> awesome
>> > Linux was to use. I have had no problems until just recently. The
>> > laptop keeps rebooting when I try to shut it down and the wireless,usb
>> > ports, memory card slot and cd/dvd drives have all stopped working. I
>> > have had some problems with the fan being quite noisy and the laptop
>> > running a bit warm. Could these be linked to the problems?
>> 
>> Hi Karen,
>> 
>> My initial thought is that it might be a hardware failure - something on
>>the
>> motherboard may have gone bad and just lost connection with a whole
>> range of onboard parts.  Package upgrades in Linux don't normally cause
>> anything like that (not in my eight years of using it, certainly).  What
>>is the
>> make and model of the computer?
>> 
>> In my experience if the laptop is overheating it can manifest in the
>>entire
>> machine locking up - it no longer responds to key presses, the same image
>>is
>> displayed, and the only way to un-wedge it is to hold the power button in.
>> You're not getting anything like that?
>>
>>If you suspect hardware problems, there is a good chance they will show
>>themselves as memory errors (or they may in fact be memory errors).
>>
>>My first port of call would be to burn to a CD (or write a USB key) with
>>Memtest86+:
>>http://www.memtest.org/#downiso
>>
>>This will take the OS out of the equation.
>>
>>-- 
>>Alastair D'Silva           mob: 0423 762 819
>>twitter: evildeece   msn: alastair at d-silva.org
>>blog: http://alastair.d-silva.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>Message: 3
>Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:08:15 +1000
>From: Lana Brindley <mail at lanabrindley.com>
>To: linux at lists.samba.org
>Subject: Re: [clug] Linux help needed please
>Message-ID: <1349089699.2541.40.camel at T410>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
>On Mon, 2012-10-01 at 21:04 +1000, Paul Wayper wrote:
>> On 09/30/2012 08:35 PM, Karen Yahoo wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> > 
>> > A very kind friend of mine in NZ installed Ubuntu Linux on my laptop
>> > about 12mths ago when Windows died and he convinced me how awesome Linux
>> > was to use. I have had no problems until just recently. The laptop keeps
>> > rebooting when I try to shut it down and the wireless,usb ports, memory
>> > card slot and cd/dvd drives have all stopped working. I have had some 
>> > problems with the fan being quite noisy and the laptop running a bit
>> > warm. Could these be linked to the problems?
>> 
>> Hi Karen,
>> 
>> My initial thought is that it might be a hardware failure - something on the
>> motherboard may have gone bad and just lost connection with a whole range of
>> onboard parts.  Package upgrades in Linux don't normally cause anything like
>> that (not in my eight years of using it, certainly).  What is the make and
>> model of the computer?
>> 
>> In my experience if the laptop is overheating it can manifest in the entire
>> machine locking up - it no longer responds to key presses, the same image is
>> displayed, and the only way to un-wedge it is to hold the power button in.
>> You're not getting anything like that?
>
>Also: backup. Now.
>
>L
>
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>Message: 4
>Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 13:47:12 +1000
>From: Kim Holburn <kim.holburn at gmail.com>
>To: CLUG List <linux at lists.samba.org>
>Subject: Re: [clug] Linux help needed please
>Message-ID: <F77C7301-899C-44FF-BE68-0807F6E17B1B at gmail.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
>
>On 2012/Oct/01, at 9:58 PM, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
>
>> On 09/30/2012 08:35 PM, Karen Yahoo wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> A very kind friend of mine in NZ installed Ubuntu Linux on my laptop
>>> about 12mths ago when Windows died and he convinced me how
>> awesome
>>> Linux was to use. I have had no problems until just recently. The
>>> laptop keeps rebooting when I try to shut it down and the wireless,usb
>>> ports, memory card slot and cd/dvd drives have all stopped working. I
>>> have had some problems with the fan being quite noisy and the laptop
>>> running a bit warm. Could these be linked to the problems?
>> 
>> Hi Karen,
>> 
>> My initial thought is that it might be a hardware failure - something on
>> the
>> motherboard may have gone bad and just lost connection with a whole
>> range of onboard parts.  Package upgrades in Linux don't normally cause
>> anything like that (not in my eight years of using it, certainly).  What
>> is the
>> make and model of the computer?
>> 
>> In my experience if the laptop is overheating it can manifest in the
>> entire
>> machine locking up - it no longer responds to key presses, the same image
>> is
>> displayed, and the only way to un-wedge it is to hold the power button in.
>> You're not getting anything like that?
>> 
>> If you suspect hardware problems, there is a good chance they will show
>> themselves as memory errors (or they may in fact be memory errors).
>> 
>> My first port of call would be to burn to a CD (or write a USB key) with
>> Memtest86+:
>> http://www.memtest.org/#downiso
>
>That's not going to work if the USB and CD have stopped working.  On the other hand ubuntu usually installs a grub entry for memtest. You could choose that.  
>
>If the memory is bad then your operating system could well be stuffed, to use a technical term.
>
>
>-- 
>Kim Holburn
>IT Network & Security Consultant
>T: +61 2 61402408  M: +61 404072753
>mailto:kim at holburn.net  aim://kimholburn
>skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request 
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>Message: 5
>Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:41:02 +1000
>From: Michael Still <mikal at stillhq.com>
>To: Robert Edwards <bob at cs.anu.edu.au>
>Cc: CLUG List <linux at lists.samba.org>
>Subject: Re: [clug] Linux Conf 2013 Early Bird registrations are open
>Message-ID: <506A705E.5090801 at stillhq.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
>On 10/02/2012 08:31 AM, Robert Edwards wrote:
>
>> (interesting that this announcement went out on Makers before CLUG...).
>
>Its not a plot. The Makers announcement was not sent by the LCA team, it
>was sent by someone who was paying attention.
>
>We did a "soft launch" yesterday where we only told social media that we
>were open, the theory being that if we experienced a problem we wouldn't
>have to deal with as high a rate of incoming complaints as a more
>general announcement would have caused.
>
>Now that we're sure everything is working right, you should see more
>general announcements go out soon.
>
>Mikal
>
>
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>
>Message: 6
>Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:44:50 +1000
>From: Michael Still <mikal at stillhq.com>
>To: CLUG List <linux at lists.samba.org>
>Subject: [clug] LCA2013 Earlybird Regos Now Open!
>Message-ID: <506A7142.3060409 at stillhq.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
>
>linux.conf.au 2013 earlybird tickets are now available! The conference
>runs from 28 January to 2 February, at the Australian National
>University in Canberra. We?re really excited about the conference, with
>over 100 talks, 13 miniconferences, and a whole bunch of social
>functions planned. You can see more details of the programme at
>https://lca2013.linux.org.au/programme/schedule.
>
>Regos have only been open for a few hours, but we have already sold well
>over the number of tickets we expected to. The number of early bird
>tickets available is strictly limited, and at this stage we expect to
>sell out extremely quickly. If you want the best price for your ticket
>you are going to have to book and pay for it very soon.
>
>For prices, and all the info you need to register for the conference,
>head to https://lca2013.linux.org.au/register/prices and we?ll see you
>at the party!
>
>Cheers,
>Mikal
>
>
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>
>Message: 7
>Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 16:09:11 +1000
>From: "Lynette Zweck" <lynettez at finite.com.au>
>To: "CLUG List" <linux at lists.samba.org>
>Subject: [clug] Contract position available
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>
>
>Hi all
>
>I have a position available atm for a Linux / Red Hat Engineer with
>Satellite server experience.  This will be a 3-6 month contract
>initially here in Canberra.
>
>Applicants must be Australian citizens and hold a current security
>clearance (any level will do).
>
>If you are interested please email or call me for more information.
>
>Thanks
>
>Lynette.
>
>
> 
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>SENIOR CONSULTANT - FINITE IT RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS 
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: linux-bounces at lists.samba.org
>[mailto:linux-bounces at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Kim Holburn
>Sent: Tuesday, 2 October 2012 1:47 PM
>To: CLUG List
>Subject: Re: [clug] Linux help needed please
>
>
>On 2012/Oct/01, at 9:58 PM, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
>
>> On 09/30/2012 08:35 PM, Karen Yahoo wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> A very kind friend of mine in NZ installed Ubuntu Linux on my laptop
>>> about 12mths ago when Windows died and he convinced me how
>> awesome
>>> Linux was to use. I have had no problems until just recently. The
>>> laptop keeps rebooting when I try to shut it down and the
>wireless,usb
>>> ports, memory card slot and cd/dvd drives have all stopped working.
>I
>>> have had some problems with the fan being quite noisy and the laptop
>>> running a bit warm. Could these be linked to the problems?
>> 
>> Hi Karen,
>> 
>> My initial thought is that it might be a hardware failure - something
>on
>> the
>> motherboard may have gone bad and just lost connection with a whole
>> range of onboard parts.  Package upgrades in Linux don't normally
>cause
>> anything like that (not in my eight years of using it, certainly).
>What
>> is the
>> make and model of the computer?
>> 
>> In my experience if the laptop is overheating it can manifest in the
>> entire
>> machine locking up - it no longer responds to key presses, the same
>image
>> is
>> displayed, and the only way to un-wedge it is to hold the power
>button in.
>> You're not getting anything like that?
>> 
>> If you suspect hardware problems, there is a good chance they will
>show
>> themselves as memory errors (or they may in fact be memory errors).
>> 
>> My first port of call would be to burn to a CD (or write a USB key)
>with
>> Memtest86+:
>> http://www.memtest.org/#downiso
>
>That's not going to work if the USB and CD have stopped working.  On the
>other hand ubuntu usually installs a grub entry for memtest. You could
>choose that.  
>
>If the memory is bad then your operating system could well be stuffed,
>to use a technical term.
>
>
>-- 
>Kim Holburn
>IT Network & Security Consultant
>T: +61 2 61402408  M: +61 404072753
>mailto:kim at holburn.net  aim://kimholburn
>skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request 
>
>
>
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