[ale] forensic help needed

[leamhall at gmail.com (leam hall)]

BIOS problems point to MB. If that's flaky, or the connectors are
loose or corroded, other things might be symptoms vice problems.

Leam

On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Sean Kilpatrick <kilpatms at gmail.com> wrote:
> I >THINK< there are two possibilities:
>
> 1. Somehow the install of CentOS 7 is screwed up and I need to do an
> entire reinstall.
>
> 2. There is a hardware problem, which probably means the mobo as I have
> VERY recently replaced the hard drives and power supply.
>
>
> Symptoms:
>
> 1. Sometimes takes two to five attempts to get the BIOS to boot when
> powering on the system and, obviously, if the BIOS doesn't boot, then
> the OS can't boot.
>
> 2. System loses track of routine (stored) passwords. Example:  log in to
> user account and try to start Evolution (which I do not like!) and am
> told that I need to re-enter my user password. WTF
>
> 3. Near-total system hang when apps crash.
>    Example: solitaire hangs/crashes and takes out the GUI.  Do a Ctrl
> +Alt+F2 to get to a new session and try to take a peek at /log/messages
> and am informed that
>
> < "Session bus not found. To circumvent this problem try the following
> < command (with Linux and bash)
> < export $(dbus-launch)
> < Aborted (core dumped)
>
> So I run that command, having no idea at all what it does, and text
> editor starts up and displays the file.
>
> But the Terminal displays this:
> < Connecting to deprecated signal
> < QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
> < kbuildsycoca4 running...
> < Module  "resources" is registered
> < Module  "activities" is registered
> < Module  "features" is registered
> < This is the current thread id for Activities 140077684115200
>    QThread(0x209cd50)
> < These are the disabled plugins: ("activitymanager_plugin_dummy",
>   "activitymanager_plugin_nepomuk")
> < Initializing plugin: "activitymanager_plugin_globalshortcuts"
> < This is the current thread id for Activities 140078148376768
>    QThread(0x1ec00c0)
> < Initializing plugin: "activitymanager_plugin_slc"
> < Initializing plugin: "activitymanager_plugin_virtualdesktopswitch"
> < VirtualDesktopSwitch::init
> < Module  "org.kde.ActivityManager.VirtualDesktopSwitch" is registered
> < Initializing plugin: "activitymanager_plugin_activityranking"
> < running in thread ActivityRanking
> < Initializing plugin: "activitymanager_plugin_sqlite"
> < Module  "org.kde.ActivityManager.Resources.Scoring" is registered
> < QDBusConnection: name 'org.kde.kglobalaccel' had owner '' but we
>   thought it was ':1.9'
>
> I have no idea what all that is trying to tell me! :(
>
>
>
> I start prowling through the log and discover a lot is going on while I
> am sound asleep. I suspect some of the data does, indeed, point a finger
> at the problem, but I am hesitant to append 300 lines of a log file to
> this message.
>
> If anyone can take the time to look at a chunk of the log, please let me
> know and I will send it along -- Off List.
>
> Sean
>
>
>
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