computer voodoo blues

[Sean]

is there a y2k firmware update or something for that machine? 

not to distract from Ed's stellar list =)


On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Edward Glowacki wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Paul Donahue wrote:
> > Hey there,
> > 
> > I'm going crazy trying to figure this one out. Up until newyears day I had
> > my compaq presario 1215 laptop tweaked out running redhat 6.1 and a whole
> > bunch of custom stuff after that. It was awesome. Ran smooth and everything.
> > 
> > THEN... 2001 CAME,
> > 
> > Now I have been fighting with it for the last 17 days trying to figure out
> > why such commands as "ps, top, netstat, ntsysv, and startx" fail. I
> > determined that glibc must be screwed up so I tried fixing it. No success.
> > Well last night I finally broke down and restored from a ghost image I took
> > back on 10/31/2k knowing that I would loose my customizations and updates,
> > but hey at least it would work again right?!
> > 
> > WRONG!!!!  Still same problem being that these commands all fail miserably
> > with a segfault and a proceeding coredump. doing some debugging determines
> > failures around glibc just like it used to. The failure is usually around
> > some of the string libraries.
> > 
> > HELP! I have no idea what to do, and having a laptop with just winderz 98 on
> > it really sucks.
> > 
> > thanx,
> > pd
> 
> Sounds like you're having a tough time.  Here are a few things to check:
> 
> 1. Did you sacrifice a bucket of live fish to the great penguin god, Tux?
> 
> 2. Did you perform the required dance ritual on the winter solstice?
> 
> 5. Did *you* help the penguins in *their* time of need? (oil spills, etc.)
> 
> 3. Did you give the programs their annual 2% raise?
> 
> 4. Have you contacted the "System Core Binaries Union (Local 555)" to 
> find out why your programs are refusing to work?
> 
> 6. Libraries only work if everyone who borrows from them returns what they
> borrowed.  Did *you* return all of your borrowed strings to the string 
> library?  Have you encouraged your friends to do the same?
> 
> 7. Have you tried not blaming Seg all the time, it's not always his fault.
> 
> 8. Have you considered the possibility that the reason your laptop
> "really sucks" is that it may be the center of a newly forming
> black hole?  Check for the existance of an event horizon somewhere
> around your boot sector or swap space.
> 
> 9. "HELP!", "I'm going crazy", "I finally broke down" are all signs that
> professional psychiatric help may be required.  Have you called
> 1-800-COMMIT-ME yet for your free trial membership?
> 
> 10. Have you tried helping someone else with their problem in
> exchange for help on your own?  I'm sure you could find a willing
> partner if you could "develop a mathematical foundation for the
> quantum theory of Yang-Mills fields; specifically, account for the
> 'mass gap' hypothesis."
> (http://slashdot.org/articles/00/05/25/1211237.shtml)
> 
> Hope the checklist helps.  Let me know if you want some more suggestions!
> 
> EJG
> 
> -- 
> Edward Glowacki				glowack2@msu.edu
> GLLUG President				http://www.gllug.org
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>                 -- Jules de Gaultier
> 
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