Linux OS crash randomly
Randomly, when I tried to open the Linux native browser the computer froze and after a couple minutes went to black and is giving me the error message: [256657.388021] nouveau E[Xorg[1344]] failed to idle cha el 0xcccc0001 [Xorg[1344]] what exactly does this mean? Can I get out of it without restart...
CentOS 7 - Won't accept any SSL certificates
I have a problem on my CentOS 7 box doing anything that requires SSL, including curl, wget or updating via YUM. The output is always the same: [root@localhost ~]# curl -I -v https://google.com * About to co ect() to google.com port 443 (#0) * Trying 74.125.138.100... * Co ected to google.com (74.125...
How long will my failing HDD last?
My hard drive started making loud clicking noises you can hear from across the room (and screeching noises + the noise it makes when you force shut down the computer a few times) This is a recording of the sounds it makes: Link And this is a screenshot of crystaldiskinfo: Screenshot (sorry not able ...
Clone HDD to SSD
Hopefully I'm posting in the right section this time. Question below. I currently own two 1 TB HDDs. I would like to replace my primary HDD with a 500GB SSD due to the decrease in pricing. However, I would like to clone my primary HDD after removing some data so that all my main programs and current...
Can grub2 access files on fat32 USB?
This post relates to using grub2 in an MBR boot scheme not GPT or EFI. What must I do to allow a file's contents to be read from a USB fat32 file using grub2? I am really disappointed by the lack of community and documentation for grub2. It's really difficult to find information about it. The grub u...
Simple LAN and NAT
I have a simple LAN configured on Thomson TWG870 modem/router. The LAN stations have by default (that's without any explicit configuration in router panel). If it means that in that case - when the co ection is initiated by LAN side the router have a NAT enabled by default? And if so the type of the...
My PC has started shutting down on it's own.
In the past month I upgradged from Windows 8.1 to W10. It all went well but now my PC has been shutting down on it's own. In my honest opinion, it can't be hardware since it has been happening since the upgradge, but there's something going wrong and causes my PC to shut down at random (Some times i...
KDE on CentOS steals Alt-Shift from applications?
I'm using KDE on CentOS 7 on one machine and KDE on Kubuntu 16.04 on another. In both cases I've set Alt-Shift to switch keyboard layout. However, in Kubuntu Alt-Shift-XXX is still free: I can make use of Alt-Shift-5 [aka Alt-%] in Emacs and Alt-Shift-o [aka Alt-O] in Krusader, where as in CentOS al...
Two Different Hard Drives at 100% usage in my custom desktop
I recently had an issue where my computer was unusable, and hard drive was always at 100%, so I tested the hard drive, and sure enough, it said something along the lines of "too many failures", which I assumed to mean my hard drive was crashing, and being 7 years old, I assumed it was true. So I jus...
JPG file metadata
I am trying to get any information from a picture. I need the date, name of the person who took it or anything. I am trying to use some metadata checkers but they just show me the resolution and type of file jpg/jpeg. Any ideas? I have even tried tools like exiv2 and photoshop without any results. L...
Misleading cmd prompt message
this is not that critical, but since it has been bugging me for 2 years now, I'll ask. I am a programmer, and I'm ru ing a Grails compiler in Windows Command Prompt. When I need to terminate a process in cmd, I hit Ctrl + C. It will prompt me a confirmation message saying "Terminate Batch Job (Y/N)"...
Task manager shows high CPU but 'user' shows differently
I've been having a recent problem lately with my CPU usage. It's literally always around 90%-100% but in task manager under 'user' it says differently. Even when I do a rough calculation of the processes, they don't add up to what task manager or performance monitor (Advanced System Care) says it is...
Email account deleted?
I received an email from (bit angry) friend today and when I replied (after around two hours), I received postmaster failure notification Reporting-MTA: dns;SNT004-OMC2S34.hotmail.com Arrival-Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 00:19:03 -0700 Final-Recipient: rfc822;***********@gmail.com Action: failed Status: 5...
Start onedrive.exe in silent mode?
I need to periodically restart onedrive.exe, and I believe a Scheduled Task is appropriate for this problem to kill and then start the process. However, when onedrive.exe starts this way, I get the welcome message in my notification bar, as well as the OneDrive folder opens, which I would like to av...