[ale] So, which is it? Mint, X, or Firefox

[Sergio Chaves]

Greg,

Thanks for the tip.
The cooling fan indeed runs more often than one would guess.
I'll try that route. if it does not work, a new laptop it is.

thanks again

Sergio

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Perhaps your software issues are just coincidental with hardware issues. I
> would check the CPU fan/heat sink. Most older laptops have a fine pitched
> copper finned heat sink that makes an excellent dust trap. So you may be
> having heat loading issues that are appearing to be software related but
> are not. If so a good blast of compressed air may solve the problem. It
> could also result from pump out of your thermal interface compound, which
> would necessitate removing the heat sink, cleaning it and the CPU top and
> reapplying a new coat of "goo." You might be able to check the thermal idea
> by watching the temps on the BIOS screen. If they are high and the system
> spontaneously reboots from BIOS, that is likely your root problem.  It
> could also be a failing power supply. I assume you have the problem whether
> the laptop is plugged in to the AC or not. If so it could be the internal
> DC-DC power supply. If that should be the case, time to look for a "new"
> laptop, something used on Craig's List might work.
>
> Alternatively, "when Momma anin't happy, ain't nobody happy," so you might
> be a smart man to give up the Android tablet without too much resistance.
>
> Happy New Year (maybe)
> Greg Clifton
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Sergio Chaves <sergio.chaves at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Alers,
>>
>> Need help before wife start asking for my Android Tablet :-)
>> Background:
>> Old VAIO laptop PCG-K23, 1 Gig RAM - good for downloading recipes, etc.
>> Running Fedora - up to 12 - never an issue
>> Had Mint 12 running. Everything fine till last upgrade/update.
>>
>> The problem:
>> After the las update, X started to restart on its own.
>> Googling it points me to (several) problems with Firefox 17.
>> Install Chromium. Problem persists.
>>
>> Install Mint 14 with MATE. Problem persists.
>> Downgrade to Firefox 16 as it cured the issues for most. Not me.
>> Install Chromium again, it will not even load, gives me the "sorry" page.
>>
>> TOP shows - with Firefox 16 running:
>> KiB Mem:    961700 total,   854236 used,   107464 free,    48272 buffers
>> KiB Swap:   979964 total,      268 used,   979696 free,   434460 cached
>>
>> Syslog shows:
>>  chromium-browse[2797]: segfault at f94a47be ip f94a47be sp bfe0df3c
>> error 4
>> Jan  2 17:39:53 laila-PCG-K23-UC kernel: [ 7192.640141]
>> chromium-browse[2819]: segfault at f94a47be ip f94a47be sp bfe0df3c error 4
>> Jan  2 17:39:56 laila-PCG-K23-UC kernel: [ 7195.537858]
>> chromium-browse[2826]: segfault at f94a47be ip f94a47be sp bfe0df3c error 4
>> Jan  2 17:39:58 laila-PCG-K23-UC kernel: [ 7197.249233]
>> chromium-browse[2834]: segfault at f94a47be ip f94a47be sp bfe0df3c error 4
>> Jan  2 17:40:08 laila-PCG-K23-UC kernel: [ 7207.453878]
>> chromium-browse[2841]: segfault at f94a47be ip f94a47be sp bfe0df3c error 4
>> Jan  2 17:40:21 laila-PCG-K23-UC kernel: [ 7220.015492]
>> chromium-browse[2848]: segfault at f94a47be ip f94a47be sp bfe0df3c error 4
>> Jan  2 17:57:39 laila-PCG-K23-UC x-session-manager[2483]: WARNING:
>> Detected that screensaver has left the bus
>> Jan  2 17:57:39 laila-PCG-K23-UC mdm[2453]: WARNING:
>> mdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0
>> Jan  2 17:57:40 laila-PCG-K23-UC acpid: client 2463[0:0] has disconnected
>>
>> Is the screensaver crapping out that is  causing me to lose my Tablet?
>> She prefers Mint because it is(was ?) a more user friendly distro.
>> Also, she misses the auto-complete on search field on FF17. Reinstalling
>> FF16 did not solve the problem.
>> Adding this rule, *browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled - true, *in
>> about:config did not work.
>> Help!
>>
>> Sergio
>>
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