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