Depending on the symptoms...

Post #409,572 by scoenye 4/26/16 8:52:24 PM 4/26/16 8:52:24 PM Reply	Depending on the symptoms... If it drops to a terminal login, I'd say something got mixed in the video drivers. The X server log should bear that out. If the desktop launch misfires/hangs, moving the DE's hidden user profile directories out of the way may get things unstuck. (Looking at you, KDE...)
Post #409,575 by malraux 4/26/16 10:01:24 PM 4/26/16 10:01:24 PM Reply	"whining detractors" ;-) This. I don't miss this at all. ;-) Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #409,597 by scoenye 4/27/16 7:03:37 PM 4/27/16 7:03:37 PM Reply	At least I can get it to work again Get that blinky cursor in the left corner on Windows and its reformat/reinstall/reconfigure. (Nothing more fun than installing an image only to find out the OEM has seen fit to release different graphics hardware under the same part number.)
Post #409,599 by malraux 4/27/16 7:34:15 PM 4/27/16 7:34:15 PM Reply	I don't use Windows. What's your point? Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #409,603 by scoenye 4/27/16 10:46:16 PM 4/27/16 10:46:16 PM Reply	That they all have warts
Post #409,634 by malraux 4/28/16 7:31:54 PM 4/28/16 7:31:54 PM Reply	From a desktop perspective, Linux has more than OSX in my experience Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #409,673 by scoenye 4/29/16 6:44:50 PM 4/29/16 6:44:50 PM Reply	As it so happens, I ended up getting a MacBook dropped in my lap last evening The owner had taken it to the nearest Apple Store (about an hour one way) where they were told "So sorry. Snow Leopard is no longer supported and these will not run El Capitan. So..." [They're trying to keep a farm afloat. 2 x $1500 to replace hardware that is still perfectly suitable to their needs is not in the cards.] Turns it was allergic to IP6 packets and their ISP had turned on IP6 on the inside without warning. The fix was to simply turn IP6 off in OSX but no chance in hell they were ever going to figure that out on their own. Apple also never backported any comprehensive fix to the network stack. And Safari has gone lame. It doesn't crash but simply goes nowhere. That one remained a headscratcher. (Updating was a no go as Apple follows MS on this and locks Safari to the OS version?) All said, the hardware is revision 6,1, which according to Apple will run El Cap. They may toss some extra RAM at it and give El Cap a shot.
Post #409,676 by Another Scott 4/29/16 7:03:13 PM 4/29/16 7:03:13 PM Reply	EveryMac has lots of good info. MacBook 6,1 (Note the MPB 6,1 is different, of course) The Core2Duo Mac laptops are very nice machines. J had a black one that was just a little too old to keep current. I had maxed out the RAM to 6 GB and installed a SSD, so it was plenty speedy. We finally got a 13" MBP a year or two ago to replace it. It doesn't really run any faster, and the screen is about the same, but it's "fully 64-bit" and can be updated, etc., etc. Good luck, and good of you to help out! Cheers, Scott.
Post #409,581 by drook 4/27/16 7:51:27 AM 4/27/16 7:51:27 AM Reply	Already tried nuking the profiles, no luck -- Drew

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