LogarithmicCamel

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Problematic computer

I have been using a company computer running Ubuntu 22.04. There are frequent and unexplained problems, like segmentation faults, stack errors, files disappearing, computer freezing or not booting, or turning off immediately after I turn it on. I don’t know what to do. The IT staff came to my office to check the computer and...

LogarithmicCamel,

It’s not hard to reproduce, but it’s annoying that when they finally came here to check it, no problems happened. I had to bug them so much to even get them to have a look.

LogarithmicCamel,

That’s a good idea. If I can get it to boot today, I will check the logs, thanks!

LogarithmicCamel,

I just did that! Brilliant idea, thanks!

LogarithmicCamel,

It wouldn’t affect boot though.

LogarithmicCamel,

I do have an interview scheduled, just saying…

LogarithmicCamel,

I can’t run memtest unfortunately. The option isn’t there and I don’t have permission to boot from a USB stick.

LogarithmicCamel,

I can sudo. Last time I looked into this, Memtest86+ version 6 was required to work with UEFI but it wasn’t available for Ubuntu 22.04. Now it seems that 24.04 has it, so I might update and see if I can get the test running. Thanks for the suggestion!

LogarithmicCamel,

I did run a similar test and there were no errors detected. Thanks anyway!

LogarithmicCamel,

That example sentence would function exactly the same if it was separated by a period; nothing is gained by using a semicolon. No new information is added; you are just going to make people wonder why there is a semicolon there making the sentence less comprehensible.

FTFY. You aren’t supposed to separate two independent clauses with a comma.

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