[u-u] Follow-up to Wednesday's questions

Hugh Gamble hugh at phaedrav.com
Sat Apr 16 18:24:03 EDT 2022


 Mostly different names for 'turn it off and on again' :-)

>
> --- Original message ---
> Subject: [u-u] Follow-up to Wednesday's questions
> From: <arocker at Vex.Net>
> To: Unix Unanimous <u-u at unixunanimous.org>
> Date: Friday, 15/04/2022 10:23 AM
>
>
> On an impulse, I removed and reseated the battery from the laptop that 
> had
> been blinking distress signals at me, and it settled down to charging
> normally.
>
> There are default problem-solving techniques in a number of fields. 
> For
> electrical failures, after "is it plugged in?" and "is it switched 
> on?",
> comes "Check the ground and clean off any corrosion". For networks, 
> try a
> different cable and socket pair. For misbehaving laptops, remove and
> reseat the battery seems to be in that category.
>
> However, the tablet's touchscreen layer has not spontaneously reglued 
> itself.
>
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