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>
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> 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> 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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