Is there a step-by-step instruction to test a laptop or PC for hardware failures?

duplex · 06-20-2015, 07:47 AM

@arkvard71 and @kilgoretrout and all the others who try to help me!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by ardvark71

Hi...

If you have time before it freezes, open a terminal and post the output from...

Code:

dmesg

Perhaps that might give a clue as to what's going on.

Regards

I get

Code:

iwl3495 000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load failed with error -12
iwl3495 000:03:00.0: Falling back to user helper
iwl3495 000:03:00.0: Could not read microcode: -12
iwl3495 000:03:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3945-2.ucde (-2)

BUT!!! All of a sudden, the Thinkpad T60p runs stable with the latest Debian-LXDE-variant, as proposed by kilgoretrout 10 days ago or so. Formerly, it always froze after the login screen. I can even watch videos with it or write texts in LibreOffice. I swear that I have changed nothing since my last posting. This is one of the most mysterious things that ever happened to me. Has the Thinkpad cured itself???

What should I now? Try to install the latest Lubuntu again?

Thank you all, greetings from Germany!

EDIT:
I suppose the dmesg errors come from the WiFi-driver that I have not installed. I have used a network cable.

ardvark71 · 06-20-2015, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by duplex

What should I now? Try to install the latest Lubuntu again?

Hi...

If Debian works and you like it, I would stick with it.

Sometimes, different distributions don't play the same with a given piece of hardware, sometimes for reasons that are difficult to understand.

Regards...