Re: ThinkPad freezing after hw update?
On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 10:28:49AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
>> I have a two-year-old ThinkPad T60. It recently developed some
>> screen problems--the display was losing colors, and finally
>> started to die completely, going to black shortly after
>> startup--so I sent it back for a warranty repair. I pulled the
>> hard drive before I shipped it.
>>
>> It's back now, but the machine is now locking up hard at
>> various points in the boot process. The first few times it
>> froze at "Setting the system clock"; then at "Activing
>> swapfile swap". Now it is booting all the way and letting me
>> log into Gnome, but then locks up soon after. Needless to say,
>> it was working fine (aside from the screen) before the repair.
>>
>> They included a note saying that they had also upgraded the
>> BIOS and embedded controller--to 2.23 and 1.07 respectively.
>>
>> I'm running Debian unstable, kernel 2.6.29-2-686.
>>
>> I'd be very grateful for any suggestion about what might have
>> caused this, and for how to evaluate and fix it.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jesse Sheidlower
>
>
> Have you thought about testing it with a Live CD?
>
> I would recommend the SimplyMEPIS version 8.0.06 it's based on Lenny
> http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05447 and if it works ok, you can go to
> the Kmenu, System, Mepis, Mepis System Assistant and check and repair
> your partitions. It also has the tools needed for most computer
> maintenance like Testdisk, GParted etc and good to have in your toolbox.
I gave this a try.
Unfortunately, a few seconds after hitting the MEPIS desktop
screen, it, too, locks up hard, and I have to reboot.
Next suggestion? :-(
Jesse Sheidlower
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