Need help trouble-shooting boot mess.

[Karl F. Larsen]

David Armour wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Jaunty boots, but....
> 
> ...the boot up screen where you use the arrow keys to select 
> 'recovery' mode doesn't produce any response to key pressing! Booting
> progresses normally otherwise, and once I've logged in
> everything looks and acts much as it has for a number of years now...[1]
> 
> I'm concerned that something has majorly borked my computer boot se-
> quence, but that since the operating system's robustness successfully masks
> the underlying borkiness, I've been shielded from any meaningful incon-
> veniences. In the spirit of 'what have I got to lose', I've considered upgra-
> ding from Jaunty to Karmic, despite some of the usual scary stories, but 
> I worry that doing that over top of the borkiness will just cause it to per-
> sist.
> 
> I've been meaning to ask about this here for a while now, because I can't
> seem to learn much from Google. As always, any ideas welcome. TIA.
> 
> Sunday, November15 '09  3:59pm: 
> 
> [1] A few notable exceptions: 
> 	bluetooth file transfers stopped working back in Intrepid in Oct; 
> 	CUPS no longer 'sees' the HP LaserJet it's been communicating 
> 		with successfully for several years ... and which was the 
> 		original reason I switched from BSD to Ubuntu; 
> 	terminal displays .bashrc lines that reference "unexpected EOF"
> 	workspace switcher's names don't persist across re-boots; 
> 	
> 
> 
	It sounds like you might have a computer problem. Might be 
your hard drive is failing. Tell us about your computer. How 
old? I ask this because I'm using Jaunty and have just on bug 
reported on it. Otherwise it is perfect at the moment.

73 Karl


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