<p dir="ltr">Not just wireless (that was easy) but also the printer (eventually)! Thanks so much, and thanks for the links too. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Now, if I just hadn't been an idiot and left a certain thumb drive on a certain table... (They say, now, that it wasn't found--Grr.)<br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 23, 2015, 11:01 AM Andrew Krull <<a href="mailto:andrew.krull@gmail.com">andrew.krull@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Wendell,<div><br></div><div>Glad to help and happy everything is back to normal. You got hooked up to wireless at home OK?</div><div><br></div><div>Website to check out is <a href="http://howtoforge.com" target="_blank">http://howtoforge.com</a> particularly <a href="https://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-ubuntu-14.04-lts-trusty-tahr" target="_blank">https://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-ubuntu-14.04-lts-trusty-tahr</a></div><div><br></div><div>As for data backup, take a look at CrashPlan - <a href="http://www.code42.com/crashplan/" target="_blank">http://www.code42.com/crashplan/</a></div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Andrew Krull</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Wendell Bell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wendell.bell@gmail.com" target="_blank">wendell.bell@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks so much to all--and, most particularly, thanks to Andrew Krull, who got me actually back up and running!<div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu Jan 22 2015 at 12:19:29 PM Andrew Krull <<a href="mailto:andrew.krull@gmail.com" target="_blank">andrew.krull@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">We'll see about that tonight ;-)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 22, 2015 11:58 AM, "Wendell Bell" <<a href="mailto:wendell.bell@gmail.com" target="_blank">wendell.bell@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Andrew,<br><br><div>That site assumes that you can access the terminal/command line. I can't. :-(</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu Jan 22 2015 at 09:07:35 Andrew Krull <<a href="mailto:andrew.krull@gmail.com" target="_blank">andrew.krull@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Just sending this link as a possible fix:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://sourcedigit.com/14332-reset-unity-compiz-settings-ubuntu-14-04-2/" target="_blank">http://sourcedigit.com/14332-reset-unity-compiz-settings-ubuntu-14-04-2/</a> <br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Wendell Bell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wendell.bell@gmail.com" target="_blank">wendell.bell@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">8 tomorrow night; see you then. I'll be the old coot in the Irish driver's cap.<br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 3:29 PM Andrew Krull <<a href="mailto:andrew.krull@gmail.com" target="_blank">andrew.krull@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><h1 style="margin:0px 0px 2px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;list-style:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);max-width:100%;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Wendell,</span><br></h1><div><br></div><div>Would 8:00pm at TGI Fridays Country Inn & Suites Bloomington, 2201 Killebrew Drive Bloomington, MN 55425 work for you?</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 2:49 PM, Wendell Bell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wendell.bell@gmail.com" target="_blank">wendell.bell@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Great! What time's best for you, and exactly where?</p><div><div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 2:47 PM Andrew Krull <<a href="mailto:andrew.krull@gmail.com" target="_blank">andrew.krull@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Wendell,<div><br></div><div>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?</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 2:37 PM, Wendell Bell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wendell.bell@gmail.com" target="_blank">wendell.bell@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">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. </p>
<p dir="ltr">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). </p>
<p dir="ltr">Windows side is working normally, which is why I'm thinking the hardware is OK.<br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 2:18 PM Andrew Krull <<a href="mailto:andrew.krull@gmail.com" target="_blank">andrew.krull@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><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>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><div><br>
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