<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hello Eric. Just read your previous message. I stopped reading your current message once you said "I'm reasonably confident I can do this " That's my man. Why don't you send me your phone number to <A href="mailto:paszeski@yahoo.com">paszeski@yahoo.com</A> and we'll talk and get this baby done. What do ya say? (Currently beginning to breathe a sigh of relief.)<BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 6/14/11, Eric Lin <I><notapplicable.haha@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Eric Lin <notapplicable.haha@gmail.com><BR>Subject: Re: [vox-tech] (no subject)<BR>To: "lugod's technical discussion forum" <vox-tech@lists.lugod.org><BR>Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 6:48 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Dr. Scronek,<BR><BR>I sent you an e-mail about being available starting Sunday.<BR><BR>I'm reasonably confident I can do this (I'm comfortable with terminal,<BR>and I'm hoping the Xorg.0.log file will tell all; it probably will). To<BR>do the job, I might need an Internet connection for reference (or not.<BR>Sometimes, man pages do fine).<BR><BR>Based on what others on this list have said, there's two options for<BR>fixing your laptop:<BR>1) Repair X<BR>2) Back-up everything and install Xubuntu, Slackware, Debian, or<BR>whatever distribution you'd prefer (the latter two are my favorites).<BR><BR>I'd start with the first option, which could be more time-consuming, but<BR>you wouldn't have to re-install everything. If the first option doesn't<BR>work, I'd do the second.<BR><BR>To do the job, I'd use my handy-dandy Slackware installation/rescue USB<BR>stick to access your computer's hard drive, a portable hard drive for<BR>backups, my
laptop to read references, an Ethernet cable if you don't<BR>have a wireless Internet connection, and blank DVDs in case my hard<BR>drive gets full (my laptop has a functioning DVD burner) -- i.e., if you<BR>have more than 200G of files on your computer.<BR><BR>You'd pay me however much you want, or you could just say "thank you"<BR>and pay nothing monetarily at all.<BR><BR>Eric<BR><BR>On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 06:01:19AM -0700, Dr. Denny Scronek wrote:<BR>> Hello Brian. Thank you for the note. Let me tell you about my<BR>> frustrations over the last week. First of all, I have a bad back and<BR>> the idea of driving "somewhere" with my laptop and waiting around for<BR>> the repair is not as attractive as someone coming to my place. Would<BR>> save me a ton of genuine pain. The guy who was to repair my beast was<BR>> suppose to come over on Monday
(last week) and he completely blew me<BR>> off without telling me. He did arrive on Tues. but stated that my<BR>> internal CD/DVD burner was on the fritz and he didn't have a portable<BR>> plug-in with him ... he would be back the next day ... which he again<BR>> blew off. That is essentially my frustration ... people being flaky. My<BR>> deal with him was for $85.00/hr. and he did't think it would take more<BR>> than an hour but no guarantees; see how it goes. Anybody want to try a<BR>> similar offer? If not I'm off to the Windows guy and I cross my<BR>> fingers. Plus, I have to take my beast to him. My back will love that.<BR>> So once again, anyone with genuine confidence in what they're doing?<BR>> Not looking for miracles, just for competence and punctuality. The only<BR>>
guarantee I currently have is that I have a $1400. piece of useless<BR>> equipment holding up a research project I want to get going. What fun.<BR>> --- On Mon, 6/13/11, Brian Lavender <<A href="http://us.mc1618.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=brian@brie.com" ymailto="mailto:brian@brie.com">brian@brie.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> <BR>> From: Brian Lavender <<A href="http://us.mc1618.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=brian@brie.com" ymailto="mailto:brian@brie.com">brian@brie.com</A>><BR>> Subject: Re: [vox-tech] (no subject)<BR>> To: "lugod's technical discussion forum" <<A href="http://us.mc1618.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vox-tech@lists.lugod.org" ymailto="mailto:vox-tech@lists.lugod.org">vox-tech@lists.lugod.org</A>><BR>> Date: Monday, June 13, 2011, 6:40 PM<BR>> <BR>> Dr. Scronek,<BR>> I
suggest using Ubuntu on a stick. Boot with it. Copy your<BR>> data to an external drive. Run the "Install Ubuntu and wipe<BR>> it clean!" Start fresh.<BR>> Every consulting gig comes not only with potential for profit,<BR>> but also the risk of liability. We don't really know how bad<BR>> your system is, so I would say that anyone who agrees on a fixed<BR>> price may be in for more work that he initially bargained for,<BR>> especially<BR>> considering that you are tired of fixing the problem and you may<BR>> have foobar'ed your system beyond wizard fixes.<BR>> brian<BR>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:03:43PM -0700, Dr. Denny Scronek wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > Hi Linux folks. Remember me ... the guy with the ubuntu
infinite<BR>> login<BR>> > loop problem? I still have the same problem and I'm not further<BR>> along<BR>> > in solving it because the guy who was supposed to do this PAYING<BR>> JOB<BR>> > was a complete flake. Fortunately all I lost was time so. This is<BR>> what<BR>> > I am looking for:<BR>> ><BR>> > 1. A human being who will step up to the plate and fix my beast.<BR>> ><BR>> > 2. I live near Sac State. Come to my place, do your magic to my<BR>> > satisfation, get paid by an agreed amount, I say "Thank You", and<BR>> >
that's it.<BR>> ><BR>> > 3. I DO NOT WANT ANY MORE ADVICE ON FIXING IT MYSELF!! I'm trying<BR>> to<BR>> > avoid taking my beast to a computer store to be worked on by a<BR>> Windows<BR>> > person.<BR>> ><BR>> > WHO WANTS TO MAKE SOME MONEY? STEP UP!<BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > vox-tech mailing list<BR>> > [1]<A href="http://us.mc1618.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vox-tech@lists.lugod.org" ymailto="mailto:vox-tech@lists.lugod.org">vox-tech@lists.lugod.org</A><BR>> > [2]<A href="http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech"
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