“You’ve got to do what Bob Seger said…”
I get upstairs, and notice the little battery light on my notebook – my communications centre – is flashing orange, indicating about 10-15 picoseconds of battery left (Mfgr. spec: 10-15 minutes).
Odd, that is, considering it’s plugged in.
Linux complaining battery dead, Windows says it’s at 98% – and did not diminish at all in 30 minutes of Solitaire (which, in the past, would have consumed 10% of my battery. These days – 60-70%). Plugging in the brick does nothing – light stays a-flashin’.
At this point, I’ve narrowed the list down to bad battery (and discovered it won’t run without one – grrr…), bad charge controller (AIEEE!!!!), or bad brick. So I plug in my other brick – light turns solid orange (=charging), and battery indicator drops to 0%.
HIt “refresh battery”, come back an hour later – blank screen! Move mouse, and am at Redhat login window. Log in, and no sound! Sound drivers won’t load.
Wrong kernel version. Knew I should’ve uninstalled that old version.
So the battery is working again. I’m reluctant to try the other brick again, but I’ve got to see if I shouldn’t be using it any more, or if this was an overheating-related incident (when picking it up, I was surprised the plastic was still solid).
People think that because of my extensive knowledge in this field, that I don’t encounter problems of my own. Consider that all of this went down mere hours after I finished restoring my Linux install from a reinstall caused by Gaim going blarg no matter what I did. I think I’m more of a trouble magnet than anything.
Oh well… went to University of Guelph with Mom and Jenny today for a tour. Nice campus – damned nice. Any and all of the Res rooms were bigger than their counterparts at Mac, food service availability was extreme (in our limited tour, we only saw 6 locations, compared with the 4 at Mac that serve Real Food). A little on the big side, though.
During the tour, it alternated between rain and threatening to rain when we walked between buildings. It was only when we were leaving that the medium drizzle abated, and the torrential downpour started. We figure that despite the suitability of the place, Jenny shouldn’t go, as her presence obviously disrupted the Natural Order of Things In General.
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