Quick note:
I am using SSD:
fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 465.76 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Disk model: WDC WDBNCE5000PN
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
But there may be a connection problem. I have been bouncing the
notebook in my backpack these passed days.
This Lenovo x140e may be old, but I think clean inside. Sensors is
reporting CPU temp of 55C.
This is a new, current install of F35. I always start clean then move
over /home from my old SSD with rsync.
I am still using ext4. I have heard of poor performance reviews still
with btrfs. I guess it is time to read up on it.
Nothing much I can do until tonight when I get back home.
On 12/26/21 09:46, John Mellor wrote:
On 2021-12-26 9:16 a.m., Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I was working away this morning and got a failure with LIbreOffice.
Was not actually using it, but then the dialog popped up without the
content being filled out, Just whatever was on the screen when it
opened...
I could not get OpenOffice to restart. It did create a abrt and
tried to upload a bug report, but that failed.
I tried to open my Fedora mail folder to see if anything was being
discussed, but Thuderbird would not show content of the folder.
Oh, oh time. Time to reboot. But first do a 'dnf update' and got a
new LibreOffice.
Reboot failed. Got dropped in emergency mode. Turned out my /home
partition was not mounted.
I have not had to deal with this in YEARS and I am away from home so
no old system to fall back on. In fact no other computers here.
Internet via my cellphone.
I remembered the disk recovery program started with 'f', fortunately
not too many such and found fsck which I ran on /dev/sda5
Lots of errors I let it fix and as you many guess I am now up and
running.
LibreOffice recovered the docs I had open.
Thunderbird is opening folders.
I guess other things are working,
but 2 items.
LibreOffice uploaded a dump, but I did not create a bug report.
Should I (I did get a new LibreOffice in all this). If so, how do I
find what was uploaded to link to a bug report?
How do I figure out what fsck fixed and what may now be a broken
important file? It could just be tmp junk for all I know.
Anyway big scare here with only a non-working computer and no one to
talk to for help, as I have not been in this sort of recovery mode
for years. I was not looking forward to getting home tonight and
THEN start recoverying.
Backup first order of business tomorrow morning.
I think the first order of business is to run the hardware
diagnostics. You may have failing memory, oxidized connectors, or any
of a host of other possible issues. Reseating the memory and the disk
and power connectors will generally fix mismatched connector plating
oxidation issues for quite a while. While you're in there, blow out
the processor cooling fins under the fan. Its probably mostly plugged
by now. If not, find your local used computer outlet and just replace
it for (say) $150, or get a new one for (say) $1200.
Then, if your hardware (other than the disk) is good, backup what you
need. Almost everything will be on your home directory, and may be
corrupt, but its a good starting place. Get a big $30 thumbdrive or
an external disk to do the backup. If you don't have one, buy one, as
you will need it for future backups.
Then, assuming that you have not found the real problem, it is time to
run the extended (multi-hour) SMART tests on the drive. You will
probably have to buy a new disk. It is now probably progressively
failing in ways that you have not anticipated. This may be the time
to put in an SSD instead of spinning rust, as they are only 3x the
price, and the speedup is impressive.
Then, do a complete fresh install on the new disk. Unless you are a
maintenance dev locked into ancient libs for some reason, upgrade to
the latest version of your distro. If you are not using btrfs, its
now the default in Fedora, and checks for corruption on every read.
You may find like I did, that your motherboard has become unstable in
ways not caught by the diagnostics and causing continuing issues, so
you may need that backup again...
While configuring your new install, reconfig Thunderbird to keep the
email on the upstream host instead of the default download. With fast
networks today, it makes little sense to download every email.
--
John Mellor
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