Awesome, can you share with us what the problem was?

On 01/23/2015 09:42 AM, Wendell Bell wrote:
> Thanks so much to all--and, most particularly, thanks to Andrew Krull, 
> who got me actually back up and running!
>
> On Thu Jan 22 2015 at 12:19:29 PM Andrew Krull <andrew.krull at gmail.com 
> <mailto:andrew.krull at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     We'll see about that tonight ;-)
>
>     On Jan 22, 2015 11:58 AM, "Wendell Bell" <wendell.bell at gmail.com
>     <mailto:wendell.bell at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Andrew,
>
>         That site assumes that you can access the terminal/command
>         line. I can't. :-(
>
>         On Thu Jan 22 2015 at 09:07:35 Andrew Krull
>         <andrew.krull at gmail.com <mailto:andrew.krull at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             Just sending this link as a possible fix:
>
>             http://sourcedigit.com/14332-reset-unity-compiz-settings-ubuntu-14-04-2/
>
>
>             On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Wendell Bell
>             <wendell.bell at gmail.com <mailto:wendell.bell at gmail.com>>
>             wrote:
>
>                 8 tomorrow night; see you then. I'll be the old coot
>                 in the Irish driver's cap.
>
>
>                 On Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 3:29 PM Andrew Krull
>                 <andrew.krull at gmail.com
>                 <mailto:andrew.krull at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>                       Wendell,
>
>
>                     Would 8:00pm at TGI Fridays Country Inn & Suites
>                     Bloomington, 2201 Killebrew Drive Bloomington, MN
>                     55425 work for you?
>
>                     --
>                     Andrew Krull
>
>                     On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Wendell Bell
>                     <wendell.bell at gmail.com
>                     <mailto:wendell.bell at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                         Great! What time's best for you, and exactly
>                         where?
>
>
>                         On Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 2:47 PM Andrew Krull
>                         <andrew.krull at gmail.com
>                         <mailto:andrew.krull at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                             Wendell,
>
>                             I could try and meet up someplace to see
>                             if we could do something about it.
>                             Tomorrow night will work. The Mega Mall
>                             looks to be about half way if you wanted
>                             to meet somewhere in or around there?
>
>                             --
>                             Andrew Krull
>
>                             On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Wendell
>                             Bell <wendell.bell at gmail.com
>                             <mailto:wendell.bell at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                                 Nope, no ssh. I get the login screen,
>                                 and it looks normal, with a bar on top
>                                 and all. Then, when I do log in,
>                                 nothing to click.
>
>                                 I'm near St. Thomas U in St. Paul, but
>                                 I meant it about coming to the person
>                                 with the computer (after
>                                 tonight--daughter's birthday dinner).
>
>                                 Windows side is working normally,
>                                 which is why I'm thinking the hardware
>                                 is OK.
>
>
>                                 On Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 2:18 PM Andrew
>                                 Krull <andrew.krull at gmail.com
>                                 <mailto:andrew.krull at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                                     Wendell,
>
>                                     Would you have happen to install
>                                     the SSH server package on this
>                                     machine (#1 thing I do after
>                                     install...). Are you able to tell
>                                     if the machine is getting an IP
>                                     through PING or some other network
>                                     tool (nmap, logs, etc)? If these
>                                     two items are yes, you might be
>                                     able to SSH onto the system.
>
>                                     The suggestions above about using
>                                     the Ctrl+Alt+FX (X=1,2,3..6)
>                                     doesn't yield a terminal window
>                                     with a login prompt?
>
>                                     Where in the cities are you
>                                     located? I am in the south metro
>                                     area and could help if need be.
>
>                                     Again, getting any live distro to
>                                     boot to would really help to
>                                     ensure hardware is all working...
>
>                                     --
>                                     Andrew Krull
>
>                                     On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:05 PM,
>                                     <tclug at freakzilla.com
>                                     <mailto:tclug at freakzilla.com>> wrote:
>
>                                         On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Wendell
>                                         Bell wrote:
>
>                                             As for being backed up,
>                                             I'm accustomed to losing
>                                             all my data with every
>                                             hardware replacement and
>                                             every hard reset, so this
>                                             won't be any different.
>
>
>                                         Oh good lord that is wrong and
>                                         sad on so many levels. That's
>                                         just no way to live!
>
>                                         My friend, you need more than
>                                         someone helping figure out
>                                         what is very probably NOT a
>                                         kernel issue. You need some
>                                         basic How To Use Computers
>                                         skills. Your life could be so
>                                         much easier and simpler...
>
>
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