[CS-FSLUG] Home User Migration Experiment

[brenda]

>
> Her system (Intel 300MHz/256RAM) had mysteriously quit connecting to
> the Internet, and now no longer even boots - we suspect a virus of
> some sort.  I have swapped out her box for one of the ministry boxes,
> and will try to recover the data from her drive using a live GNU CD
> and my network.  If I can succesfully x-fer her files to my primary
> box, I can burn them to CD for her, or make them available via the
> 'Net.
>
mine is an old system with a newer monitor,and i only have 128 Mg RAM.ever 
since i upgraded a few weeks ago i have to manually start kde from a 
terminal.
i get kdesplash error or something like that.
and cant connect to xset?cant remember and i very rarely log off anyway.
but the settings after i change them dont stay and when i reset them sometimes 
i have to change them.
it is really weird as when you set in control center they should stay there 
until you change but it doesnt.
i think i have it narrowed down to a hardware/software issue,graphic issue or 
i have turned totally incompetent after 3 years.
btw i run mandrake 10.1 and do use gui mostly but do love the power of 
commandline.
the experience you are getting will be invaluable as it helps to see what 
happens on different machines.
br3n