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...