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Thread: Ads block forum
Post: Ads block forum
| Anybody else having a problem with the ads on the forum blocking what people are saying?
I get ads are needed to generate the revenue required to keep the sites up, but they won't close and they cove... |
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Dave Adam |
Suggestions and Feedback
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07-18-2021, 12:44 PM |
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Thread: usb MyBook stops working overnight
Post: Re: usb MyBook stops working overnight
| so I've switch to a laptop with 5.2 and the drive works fine, didn't freeze up overnight, still don't know what caused it. |
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Dave Adam |
Hard Drives and SSDs
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12-09-2020, 11:08 AM |
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Thread: usb MyBook stops working overnight
Post: Re: usb MyBook stops working overnight
| nothing new to report, and I'll keep trying. It is very time consuming because after I try something I have to wait until the next morning to see if it help.
Just for the record, I still like Lin... |
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Dave Adam |
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12-02-2020, 11:15 AM |
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Thread: usb MyBook stops working overnight
Post: Re: usb MyBook stops working overnight
| Couldn't find anything in bios, but I did find some upgrades to grub etc so I figured I'd try that. I'll post result if any
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Dave Adam |
Hard Drives and SSDs
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11-24-2020, 11:05 PM |
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Thread: usb MyBook stops working overnight
Post: Re: usb MyBook stops working overnight
| Okay so I read in another thread about terminal freezing and the fix was to delete zram, I didn't delete it but turned it off, still froze.
Just putting this here as information. |
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Dave Adam |
Hard Drives and SSDs
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11-24-2020, 11:10 AM |
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Thread: usb MyBook stops working overnight
Post: Re: usb MyBook stops working overnight
| The ctrl - alt F3 will let me log in then it freezes also. ctrl-alt F7 brought me back to the GUI alt - prntscreen r-e-i-s-u-b did restart the computer.
thanks for the help, still want to figure o... |
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Dave Adam |
Hard Drives and SSDs
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11-23-2020, 11:09 AM |
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Thread: usb MyBook stops working overnight
Post: Re: usb MyBook stops working overnight
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stevef link Wrote: (11-22-2020, 02:20 PM)
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In some lock up scenarios pressing CTRL + ALT + F3 together may switch you from GUI to a console mode logon screen. From here you log on with your normal... |
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Dave Adam |
Hard Drives and SSDs
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11-22-2020, 03:51 PM |
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Thread: usb MyBook stops working overnight
Post: usb MyBook stops working overnight
| so, I had thought my computer was crashing overnight. however:
stevef link Wrote: (11-19-2020, 12:32 PM)
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Sounds like it could be a hardware fault.
Can you confirm that if the PC is left without ... |
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Dave Adam |
Hard Drives and SSDs
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11-22-2020, 12:01 PM |
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Thread: usb drive disapears overnight
Post: Re: usb drive disapears overnight
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stevef link Wrote: (11-19-2020, 12:32 PM)
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Sounds like it could be a hardware fault.
Can you confirm that if the PC is left without the USB drive connected that it works ok and doesn't lock up ?
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Dave Adam |
Hard Drives and SSDs
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11-22-2020, 11:41 AM |
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Thread: New to linux
Post: Re: New to linux
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Jon V link Wrote: (11-19-2020, 03:53 PM)
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Tired of the problems with windows and looking forward to learning something new.
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Same reason I'm using this also |
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Dave Adam |
Introductions
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11-21-2020, 11:36 AM |
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Thread: usb drive disapears overnight
Post: Re: usb drive disapears overnight
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stevef link Wrote: (11-19-2020, 12:32 PM)
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Sounds like it could be a hardware fault.
Can you confirm that if the PC is left without the USB drive connected that it works ok and doesn't lock up ?
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Dave Adam |
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11-20-2020, 09:51 PM |
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Thread: usb drive disapears overnight
Post: Re: usb drive disapears overnight
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Dave Adam link Wrote: (11-19-2020, 11:24 AM)
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didn't work....next
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realized I hadn't made the changes to grub because I didn't do as admin...trying again
Still didn't work. |
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Dave Adam |
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11-20-2020, 11:15 AM |
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Thread: usb drive disapears overnight
Post: Re: usb drive disapears overnight
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Dave Adam |
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11-19-2020, 11:24 AM |
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Thread: usb drive disapears overnight
Post: Re: usb drive disapears overnight
| trying:
add the kernel options acpi=off apm=off to the contents of GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in file /etc/default/grub
Then run sudo update-grub
Finally reboot your computer. |
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Dave Adam |
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11-18-2020, 11:51 PM |
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Thread: usb drive disapears overnight
Post: Re: usb drive disapears overnight
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Dave Adam |
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11-18-2020, 11:44 PM |
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Thread: usb drive disapears overnight
Post: Re: usb drive disapears overnight
| Driver didn't work, going to try
sudo systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target
Guess I'll find out tomorrow
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Dave Adam |
Hard Drives and SSDs
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11-17-2020, 11:05 AM |
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Thread: usb drive disapears overnight
Post: Re: usb drive disapears overnight
| I read on another forum that someone had a similar problem and it turned out to be a driver for their graphics card. I checked my drivers and there was a problem with my wifi driver, which I didn't c... |
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Dave Adam |
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11-15-2020, 06:00 PM |
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Thread: 3.8: How to place the task bar at the top of the screen?
Post: Re: 3.8: How to place the task bar at the top of t...
| I'm not running 3.8 but in my version if I right click on the bar I get a choice of move. Does 3.8 have this? |
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Dave Adam |
Other
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11-14-2020, 07:41 PM |
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Thread: Hello
Post: Re: Hello
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Dave Adam |
Introductions
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11-14-2020, 02:08 PM |
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Thread: Hello
Post: Hello
| Hello,
My name is Dave and I have used linux on and off for years, about a year ago I switch all the computers in the house to linux.
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Dave Adam |
Introductions
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11-14-2020, 01:23 PM |
