--- "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
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The Sunday 2008-01-20 at 09:11 -0800, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:
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Therefore X was messed up ... how come ? It worked fine up to the night before. I turned off the computer in the end of my working session. In short I had to reinstall SuSE 10.3 which fixed the problem. But the serious difficulty was to save three directories where I have all my recent developments.
If the X session was broken, you should have been able to switch to text mode and from there done a backup to an external usb disk, for instance, and/or try to repair. You should get familiar with the procedures so the next time you are caught unawares.
I succeded in switching to text mode. But I did not know how to mout the external hard drive or memory stick or DVD/CD R+W drive. I do not know how to start an email client even less a network browser without a graphic interface.
You can even use email in text mode - I do. There are http browsers, file managers, editors, etc, in text mode. Including googling! :-P
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As a consequence I fell behind my schedule. To prevent future emergencies I am thinking of getting another laptop/notebook. Since I have to use MS Office every now and then I would consider to run alternatively Windows and SuSE through WMware. Now I run MS Office through CrossOveR. Is WMware stable and reliable ?
Hum! Quite... as far as things as complex as that go, yes. But it is closed source, you know.
Isn't there a free WMware and a commercial one ? Thank you, Maura
- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
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