| Cheri703 | anyone want to help me try to figure out some computer issues? | 18:53 |
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| Cheri703 | I'm having some random issues with my Ubuntu 12.04 installation, and I'm thinking it could be hardware issues. One is that Synergy (www.synergy-foss.org) randomly disappears every few days, also today Ubuntu one just refuses to work. Another is that occasionally the computer just starts hanging and then needs a reboot but freezes during the shutdown process so I have to press/hold the power button. From everything I can find, my HDD is ok, | 18:54 |
| Cheri703 | but I have no idea what other hardware I should be checking/replacing | 18:54 |
| toddcnb | whole p2v copy for now but i have recommended a clean os and just copy drupal 8 | 18:55 |
| Cheri703 | wat? | 18:55 |
| toddcnb | wrong channel never mind--I hate touch pads | 18:58 |
| Cheri703 | ok, I was like O_o | 18:58 |
| thafreak | yeah Cheri703 you need to p2v your machine and put it in the cloud | 18:59 |
| Cheri703 | apparently! | 18:59 |
| thafreak | but seriously | 18:59 |
| thafreak | I've had problelems with synergy myself | 19:00 |
| thafreak | it's been pretty much totally unreliable anymore | 19:00 |
| thafreak | I had a desktop and a laptop next to each other | 19:00 |
| toddcnb | no just coping a real server to a proxmox vm server | 19:00 |
| thafreak | and basically just dropped the desktop and plugged the monitor into my laptop...works MUCH better | 19:00 |
| Cheri703 | yeah I've been having other issues too though | 19:01 |
| thafreak | well, I can attest to the synergy problems may just be synergy's fault at least :) | 19:01 |
| Cheri703 | good to know :) | 19:01 |
| Cheri703 | in general though this thing has been really moody | 19:02 |
| Cheri703 | :/ | 19:02 |
| Cheri703 | like stuff just crapping out randomly | 19:03 |
| Cheri703 | strange things | 19:03 |
| Cheri703 | not sure what would cause that | 19:04 |
| thafreak | maybe it's going around like the flu | 19:04 |
| Cheri703 | and same stuff happened right after a clean install | 19:04 |
| thafreak | skellat said he lost a bunch of hardware | 19:04 |
| Cheri703 | things starting to display weirdly, stuff will be fine for a while, then suddenly when I click on like a panel icon the menu stuff will not display or will only display behind things, just strange hiccups and such. and again the freezing/shutdown thing | 19:06 |
| Cheri703 | :s | 19:06 |
| thafreak | what graphics card do you have? | 19:06 |
| Cheri703 | interested in getting a dockable laptop, but that'll cost like 3-4x what a desktop will | 19:06 |
| Cheri703 | uhm, some ati thing | 19:06 |
| Cheri703 | got it on amazon :) | 19:06 |
| thafreak | i have the strangest problems on my work computers which all have ati | 19:07 |
| thafreak | but I have my older laptop at home with an nvidia card, and it also exhibits strange graphics hiccups like you mention | 19:07 |
| thafreak | so who knows | 19:07 |
| thafreak | i think computers are just out to shorten my life | 19:08 |
| Cheri703 | and shrink the bank account | 19:08 |
| thafreak | yeah...seriously... | 19:08 |
| thafreak | every time I get a nice check for doing a crap ton of side work... | 19:08 |
| thafreak | I end up spending it all..replacing parts/building replacement systems | 19:09 |
| Cheri703 | other than my netbook and this macbook my work gave me, NONE of my systems were purchased new | 19:09 |
| Cheri703 | all hand-me-downs, the desktops particularly, but a few laptops too | 19:09 |
| thafreak | but I'm actively working on reducing the number of machines I have now...replacing with newer/energy efficient stuff | 19:09 |
| thafreak | haha...I haven't built a desktop for my self in probably 8 years :( | 19:10 |
| thafreak | i just end up using something that I used to use as a server here and there...so basically hand me downs | 19:10 |
| thafreak | last good-ish graphics card I bought was agp... | 19:11 |
| Cheri703 | yeah, I think I might build myself a desktop, then it can replace my tv computer/server at whatever point I buy a nice laptop in the future | 19:11 |
| thafreak | i still have it somewhere in my basement too...just no agp mother boards anymore | 19:11 |
| thafreak | that's the way to go | 19:12 |
| thafreak | I'm in the process of getting a new low power machine to replace my not that old VM host... | 19:12 |
| thafreak | since I don't really run that many intensive vm's anyway... | 19:12 |
| thafreak | then I get the couple year old beast of a server for my gaming desktop...just needs a graphics card | 19:13 |
| thafreak | and honestly, I probably spend most of my money on damn hard drives realistically | 19:13 |
| Cheri703 | yeah, for once I'm good on hard drives at the moment | 19:14 |
| thafreak | 4 hard drives that are at that sweet spot of size/price usually sets me back $500-600... | 19:14 |
| thafreak | well, I hope I don't have to replace these WD red drives for a LONG time... | 19:15 |
| thafreak | or I may just give up on the dream of having a home NAS box... | 19:15 |
| Cheri703 | this thing holds a billion drives: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112300 | 19:46 |
| Cheri703 | Expansion | 19:47 |
| Cheri703 | External 5.25" Drive Bays | 19:47 |
| Cheri703 | 1 | 19:47 |
| Cheri703 | Internal 3.5" Drive Bays | 19:47 |
| Cheri703 | 7 | 19:47 |
| Cheri703 | Internal 2.5" Drive Bays | 19:47 |
| Cheri703 | 4 | 19:47 |
| Cheri703 | Expansion Slots | 19:47 |
| Cheri703 | 5 | 19:47 |
| Cheri703 | processors are where I get lost | 19:52 |
| Cheri703 | amd vs intel, i5, i7, athlon, phenom, I don't even know where to start. anyone a cpu guru? | 20:01 |
| dzho | Cheri703: when I was last building a box, I built with amd because I wanted the cheapest thing that could still do hardware virtualization | 23:26 |
| dzho | but at work now I spec minimum of i5 because its the minimum Intel proc that does hardware virt | 23:27 |
| dzho | I think the conventional wisdom is that Intel has left amd in the dust on the current generation of processors | 23:28 |
| Cheri703 | :/ | 23:28 |
| Cheri703 | we'll see. | 23:28 |
| dzho | ah, made your choice? | 23:28 |
| Cheri703 | trying to decide if I should just go ahead and get myself a nice dockable laptop, even though work gave me a macbook air | 23:28 |
| Cheri703 | not sure. looking based on price | 23:28 |
| dzho | ah, an air. | 23:29 |
| Cheri703 | it's...eh | 23:29 |
| dzho | going to put or have you already put linux on it? | 23:29 |
| Cheri703 | like...it works fine | 23:29 |
| Cheri703 | I have it on vm because I have to use ms office | 23:29 |
| dzho | ah | 23:29 |
| dzho | you could put the proprietary os on vm ;-) | 23:29 |
| dzho | but yeah | 23:29 |
| dzho | $SPOUSE has an air | 23:30 |
| Cheri703 | 128gb ssd, so if I left osx partition, then ubuntu partition, then win vm, no space for anything | 23:30 |
| dzho | the form factor I like quite a bit | 23:30 |
| Cheri703 | yeah, the hardware is nice | 23:30 |
| Cheri703 | the software eh | 23:30 |
| dzho | well, I don't like the "we glued everything inside the case" | 23:30 |
| dzho | but since it's new enough that's less an issue now | 23:30 |
| dzho | or, for now, I should say. | 23:30 |
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