<div dir="ltr">Wendell,<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>The suggestions above about using the Ctrl+Alt+FX (X=1,2,3..6) doesn't yield a terminal window with a login prompt?</div><div><br></div><div>Where in the cities are you located? I am in the south metro area and could help if need be.</div><div><br></div><div>Again, getting any live distro to boot to would really help to ensure hardware is all working...</div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Andrew Krull</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:05 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tclug@freakzilla.com" target="_blank">tclug@freakzilla.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Wendell Bell wrote:<br>
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As for being backed up, I'm accustomed to losing all my data with every<br>
hardware replacement and every hard reset, so this won't be any different.<br>
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Oh good lord that is wrong and sad on so many levels. That's just no way to live!<br>
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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...<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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