/dev/sda1 has gone 656 days without being checked, check forced.
Same goes for sda2 and sda4. No errors.
I'm working to get my old Shuttle SB95P v2 working again after about 2 years of being shelved. When last I left off, it would boot, and I managed to install Ubuntu, but the machine would randomly reboot all the time. I'm getting 2 1-pixel wide columns near the 1/3rd lines, each of only a few scattered, randomly colored pixels in the BIOS screens. I seem to remember that happening around the time the system went belly-up. It almost seemed like stress would cause the reboots, and part of me wonders if it's temperature-related. It's been sitting for maybe 40 minutes at the login screen without rebooting, despite a smattering of incorrectly colored pixels here and there near the top and bottom edges. It could be a bad graphics card causing the issues. I have another in my closet, but I think it's also bad. That was the one I replaced years ago with the one I'm on right now on my main machine.
I can't remember my old password to log in, but I'm currently downloading (23 minutes remaining), and will burn and install MythBuntu from the LiveCD. MythTV is a free, open source DVR, sort of like a TiVo, and MythBuntu is basically Ubuntu prepackaged with, and themed around it. It also forgoes installation of the many larger Ubuntu defaults, like Open Office and the Gnome desktop environment, swapping out the latter for XFCE, which is such a lightweight desktop environment, it's practically a blank screen. I've heard people say Myth works super great and is easy, and others say it's a monumental hassle, but I figure I have a little time right now to fight it for a short while. It might be all that I need, as my needs are simple. I just want to record and playback. I'll need to get an HD TV tuner card, which may also work as a graphics card. I'm not sure, but that would take care of any potential problems there.
I hit the treadmill for a few weeks before the holidays, and when nothing was on TV, it was a huge chore that I'd immaturely try to find ways out of doing. When something I enjoyed was on TV, however, I would completely forget I was on the machine for about 15 minutes at a time. This let me go 2 hours straight a few nights without feeling bored, or like I was wasting my night. All of the too-many shows I like are premiering again this month, along with new ones, and even some made-for-TV movies. There will be a couple hours per night for probably 6 months now that I'll watch TV either way. Might as well be on the treadmill losing weight and getting back in shape. The problem is that these shows usually start around 8 or 9, and this conflicts with garage/building time. This will also let me pull shows from times when I'm sleeping, out on errands, and every other time I'm not at the machine around to my exercise times so there will always be much to choose from. I'm sure you're all quite used to this element of daily life by now, though.
Here goes nothing!
I'm working to get my old Shuttle SB95P v2 working again after about 2 years of being shelved. When last I left off, it would boot, and I managed to install Ubuntu, but the machine would randomly reboot all the time. I'm getting 2 1-pixel wide columns near the 1/3rd lines, each of only a few scattered, randomly colored pixels in the BIOS screens. I seem to remember that happening around the time the system went belly-up. It almost seemed like stress would cause the reboots, and part of me wonders if it's temperature-related. It's been sitting for maybe 40 minutes at the login screen without rebooting, despite a smattering of incorrectly colored pixels here and there near the top and bottom edges. It could be a bad graphics card causing the issues. I have another in my closet, but I think it's also bad. That was the one I replaced years ago with the one I'm on right now on my main machine.
I can't remember my old password to log in, but I'm currently downloading (23 minutes remaining), and will burn and install MythBuntu from the LiveCD. MythTV is a free, open source DVR, sort of like a TiVo, and MythBuntu is basically Ubuntu prepackaged with, and themed around it. It also forgoes installation of the many larger Ubuntu defaults, like Open Office and the Gnome desktop environment, swapping out the latter for XFCE, which is such a lightweight desktop environment, it's practically a blank screen. I've heard people say Myth works super great and is easy, and others say it's a monumental hassle, but I figure I have a little time right now to fight it for a short while. It might be all that I need, as my needs are simple. I just want to record and playback. I'll need to get an HD TV tuner card, which may also work as a graphics card. I'm not sure, but that would take care of any potential problems there.
I hit the treadmill for a few weeks before the holidays, and when nothing was on TV, it was a huge chore that I'd immaturely try to find ways out of doing. When something I enjoyed was on TV, however, I would completely forget I was on the machine for about 15 minutes at a time. This let me go 2 hours straight a few nights without feeling bored, or like I was wasting my night. All of the too-many shows I like are premiering again this month, along with new ones, and even some made-for-TV movies. There will be a couple hours per night for probably 6 months now that I'll watch TV either way. Might as well be on the treadmill losing weight and getting back in shape. The problem is that these shows usually start around 8 or 9, and this conflicts with garage/building time. This will also let me pull shows from times when I'm sleeping, out on errands, and every other time I'm not at the machine around to my exercise times so there will always be much to choose from. I'm sure you're all quite used to this element of daily life by now, though.
Here goes nothing!