On 2015-06-22 14:15, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > If the same set of steps don't work and then start working and then > don't work again, I am thinking memory or the harddrive. Hmm... and... first try (just now) to boot the LiveCD got stuck ('LSB init' IIRC). Second worked... > Boot from a live image, do a memcheck How do I do that? (Last I recall this was a tool one had to boot into, but I don't see an option for that?) FWIW The Dell OBD extended memory check passed. > and do a fsck on all partitions. I get an "updating bad block inode" on every single partition...? But otherwise nothing, despite doing a thorough non-destructive write scan. (Is this indicative of a real problem? Or just because I can never do a clean shutdown?) > Does the machine work reliably under the live image? See above. Otherwise, seems okay, though I've not done much. > Also, just for completeness, what is your video hardware? ATI/AMD Saturn XT [FirePro M6100] > Another stab in the dark is CPU temperature --- is the machine maybe > overheating? Does the cpu fan work? Does it sound normal? Are any parts > of the machine unusually hot to touch? Fan and exterior temp seem okay. HW sensors report the CPU cores around 54°-59° (C), which is slightly lower than my other laptop. > As a side note, AFAIK now sshd is disabled on fresh installs. Do a > "systemctl enable sshd" and "systemctl start sshd" (and verify with > "systemctl status sshd"), and retry to log in over the network. I doubt > it will work, but it's worth a try. I did figure out the appropriate incantations to get the network to be active on boot (sshd - 'systemctl enable sshd' was comparatively easy). I'm seeing the same behavior with ssh login as with local; it appears to accept the password, but I never get a shell. (If it wasn't a brand spanking new install - and happening for root also - I would suspect something being run via .bashrc...) -- Matthew -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org