On 2015-06-22 14:15, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
If the same set of steps don't work and then start working and
then
don't work again, I am thinking memory or the harddrive.
Hmm... and... first try (just now) to boot the LiveCD got stuck ('LSB
init' IIRC). Second worked...
Boot from a live image, do a memcheck
How do I do that? (Last I recall this was a tool one had to boot into,
but I don't see an option for that?)
FWIW The Dell OBD extended memory check passed.
and do a fsck on all partitions.
I get an "updating bad block inode" on every single partition...? But
otherwise nothing, despite doing a thorough non-destructive write scan.
(Is this indicative of a real problem? Or just because I can never do a
clean shutdown?)
Does the machine work reliably under the live image?
See above. Otherwise, seems okay, though I've not done much.
Also, just for completeness, what is your video hardware?
ATI/AMD Saturn XT [FirePro M6100]
Another stab in the dark is CPU temperature --- is the machine maybe
overheating? Does the cpu fan work? Does it sound normal? Are any parts
of the machine unusually hot to touch?
Fan and exterior temp seem okay. HW sensors report the CPU cores around
54°-59° (C), which is slightly lower than my other laptop.
As a side note, AFAIK now sshd is disabled on fresh installs. Do a
"systemctl enable sshd" and "systemctl start sshd" (and verify with
"systemctl status sshd"), and retry to log in over the network. I doubt
it will work, but it's worth a try.
I did figure out the appropriate incantations to get the network to be
active on boot (sshd - 'systemctl enable sshd' was comparatively easy).
I'm seeing the same behavior with ssh login as with local; it appears to
accept the password, but I never get a shell. (If it wasn't a brand
spanking new install - and happening for root also - I would suspect
something being run via .bashrc...)
--
Matthew