Re: Debian 6 gone wonky overnight

[David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>]

On 12/01/2014 12:21 AM, Bret Busby wrote:
> I am running Debian 6 on this computer.
> Overnight, the appearance of the GUI has changed (running GNOME 2.x, I
> think), with tab labels (if that is the correct term) changed in
> appearance, so theat they take many times as much length, now allowing
> only about 6 tabs to be displayed in a window, and, the network icon
> in the taskbar, persistently shows "No Network Connection", even
> though the network connection is funtioning normally.
> Also, once again (it happens from time to time), in printing a
> document via Open Office, where each '1' is displayed on the screen, a
> 'p' is printed in the printed version of the document.
> Is the last set of updates, wonky, or, has some sort of virus, struck?

Have you checked your hardware?

1.  Power supply:

http://www.legitreviews.com/antec-atx-12v-power-supply-tester-review_267

2.  Memory and CPU:

http://www.memtest.org/

3.  Hard drive (varies by manufacturer):

http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/


I just rebuilt a machine that was acting very strangely -- the owner 
thought it had severe malware.  I tested the power supply, and the +3.3 
VDC rail was bad.  So, I replaced the power supply, re-imaged the system 
drive, and updated.


David