any idea where unattended upgrades is on a Mint system? Some guy had a similar problem "This led me to checking etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades I had set Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "true"; I changed it back to the default setting of false." https://askubuntu.com/questions/202335/how-can-i-track-the-cause-of-random-reboots On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 7:20 PM Michael wrote: > apparently some guy had a similar problem and this is what he said: > This command shows that my system came up with a new kernel. Ubuntu 12.04 > 64 bit. 3.2.0-63 after reboot, 3.2.0-61 before > – Antonios Hadjigeorgalis May 26 '14 at 14:20 > 4 > This led me to checking etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades I had set > Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "true"; I changed it back to the > default setting of false. > – Antonios Hadjigeorgalis May 26 '14 at 15:31 > > found- https://askubuntu.com/questions/202335/ ... om-reboots > > but there was no 'unattended upgrades' line in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ > > > On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 9:04 AM Michael wrote: > >> darn....... it just rebooted on its own. lovely:( well, it was fixed for >> fourteen days at least. >> >> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 1:07 PM Michael wrote: >> >>> Ok, thanks. >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 11:26 PM Donald Mac McCarthy >>> wrote: >>> >>>> CLI CDRW is not something that I have done - I can't remember the >>>> burner software I used. I told it the ISO and it burned and closed the >>>> disc. I am travelling at the moment, so when I get home I will look. As >>>> for the nomenclature of the device, in RHEL land it is usually labelled as >>>> /dev/cdrom{0-9} >>>> >>>> >>>> Mac >>>> Michael wrote on 10/5/19 6:54 PM: >>>> >>>> also what is the rw listed as? /dev/sdc? if that is so I would issue >>>> the command 'sudo dd if=memtest86-usb.img of=/dev/sdc'.... right? >>>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 9:34 PM Michael wrote: >>>> >>>>> well.... it seems blowing it fixed it. thank goodness! my cdrom is >>>>> not working and I don't recall if it boots to the USBCDRW. I seem to >>>>> remember that it was booting from a thumb drive last year (if I remember >>>>> correctly).... or was it the USBCDRW.... hmmmmm..... hey ET... how do I >>>>> write the image to the usbcdrw? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 11:12 PM Donald Mac McCarthy >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I have had that happen before when a BIOS only partially supports >>>>>> boot from USB. Have you booted from USB on that system before? >>>>>> >>>>>> Do you have a CD you could burn the iso to and try. That sounds so... >>>>>> old fashioned, but I have a couple of 10 yr old dell workstations that >>>>>> don't properly USB boot that I used before I discovered I could replace >>>>>> them with a couple of RasPis. >>>>>> >>>>>> Mac >>>>>> >>>>>> Michael wrote on 10/3/19 3:47 PM: >>>>>> >>>>>> Yepers.... just notes. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 12:03 PM Stephen Partington < >>>>>> cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> No, just notes. at least from the looks of them. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 8:05 AM Bob Elzer >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Are those your passwords on the sticky notes? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019, 4:53 PM Michael wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> what a mess my computer desk is >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 7:50 PM Michael wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> [image: 20191002_193516_01.jpg] >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 4:36 PM wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> > what do you advise I do... >>>>>>>>>>> Call Geek Squad? 8) >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Can you send me a picture of the screen you get? >>>>>>>>>>> Memetest is (or was) prtty straight forward. >>>>>>>>>>> Even *I* could use it! ;-) >>>>>>>>>>> ET >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Michael writes: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> > Okay e t I bought a USB drive and ran the command 2 put the >>>>>>>>>>> memtest on it >>>>>>>>>>> > but when I boot it gets to verifying DMI pool and just sits . >>>>>>>>>>> I've had a >>>>>>>>>>> > going for about 15 minutes and nothing's happened what do you >>>>>>>>>>> advise I do >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > On Tue, Oct 1, 2019, 6:38 AM wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> >> You only need 500MG. >>>>>>>>>>> >> A USB HD that size will be cheaper than the can of air. >>>>>>>>>>> >> Buy one too! >>>>>>>>>>> >> ET >>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> >> Michael writes: >>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> >> > all the fans are working. I'll try the memtest.... I don't >>>>>>>>>>> have a spare >>>>>>>>>>> >> usb >>>>>>>>>>> >> > drive large enough..... >>>>>>>>>>> >> > $ sudo dd if=memtest86-usb.img of=/dev/sdc >>>>>>>>>>> >> > dd: writing to '/dev/sdc': No space left on device >>>>>>>>>>> >> > 128001+0 records in >>>>>>>>>>> >> > 128000+0 records out >>>>>>>>>>> >> > 65536000 bytes (66 MB, 62 MiB) copied, 21.5638 s, 3.0 MB/s >>>>>>>>>>> >> > bmike1@MikesBeast:/tmp$ >>>>>>>>>>> >> > I'll take care of it tomorrow >>>>>>>>>>> >> > >>>>>>>>>>> >> > >>>>>>>>>>> >> > On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 1:48 PM >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >> > >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> I agree that heat is a big suspect, but it could also be >>>>>>>>>>> some creative >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> video >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> driver or a bad memory. >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> Give memtest a try: >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> https://www.memtest86.com/downloads/memtest86-usb.zip >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> ET >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> Matthew Crews writes: >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > On 9/28/19 4:31 PM, Michael wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> Thank you so much for the help I really truly >>>>>>>>>>> appreciate it. >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > No problem, its what we are here for. >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> Does it reboot while you are using it? Are you >>>>>>>>>>> using very >>>>>>>>>>> >> intensive >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> applications on it, or very not-intensive >>>>>>>>>>> applications? >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> So far it has only only reboot. after I load Chrome. >>>>>>>>>>> And it doesn't >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> happen all the time usually it will load the Chrome >>>>>>>>>>> and it will >>>>>>>>>>> >> reboot >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> then open it again and then it will be fine. >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > Chrome is notoriously resource intensive. Maybe give >>>>>>>>>>> Chromium or >>>>>>>>>>> >> Firefox >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > a try. >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > But based on that answer I'm leaning towards a fan >>>>>>>>>>> failure first. As >>>>>>>>>>> >> you >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > said you are currently in Miami, so when you get back >>>>>>>>>>> definitely check >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> that. >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > Could also be simple dust accumulation, something a can >>>>>>>>>>> of air can >>>>>>>>>>> >> fix. >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > That is something that is obvious to see when you look. >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > There are a few other possible things to check, but lets >>>>>>>>>>> rule out the >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > simple stuff first before we dive deeper. >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > -Matt >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>>>>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>>>>>> >> >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>>>>>> >> > >>>>>>>>>>> >> > >>>>>>>>>>> >> > >>>>>>>>>>> >> > -- >>>>>>>>>>> >> > :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>>>>>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>>>> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>>>>>>> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>>>>>> >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>>>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you >>>>>>> from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Stephen >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: