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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.0&return_msg=42603.30"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.11">11–20</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.21">21–30</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.31">31–40</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.41">41–50</a>…<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.71">71–76</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=42603.30">Lockdown fiddling</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="42603_30_76_10"> <a name="a42603_30"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_30"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">14 Apr 2020 13:19</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 14 Apr 2020 13:34"></span></span> <span class="message_count">30 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.30">42603.30</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.22">42603.22</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <div class="quotetext"><strong>Quote:</strong> </div> <div class="quote">all my ISA cards, IDE cables, motherboard stand-offs and ancient memory modules in the attic</div> <p>I've got boxes of the stuff piled on warehouse shelving surrounding me and threatening to collapse in a deadly avalanche.<br /> <br /> Still, yesterday while hunting around for an old motherboard driver cd, nearly throwing my back out in the process, I stumbled upon a Yorkshire Penny <span class="emoticon e_grin" title=":-D"><span class="e__">:-D</span></span> </p> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.30&return_msg=42603.30" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.30"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_31"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_31"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">14 Apr 2020 13:33</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 14 Apr 2020 13:34"></span></span> <span class="message_count">31 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.31">42603.31</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.28">42603.28</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Think I had a very similar issue with PHP. Had all sorts of hassle trying to downgrade, or upgrade, or not use a certain version. Eventually worked somehow with a lot of checking logs which told me not a lot. And since I went to 16.04 (and not 18.04) I'm still a few years out of date and certain packages aren't available.<br /> <br /> Probably would have been better to rebuild from scratch in hindsight. Which will be what I probably do when 16.04 goes end of life. No chance a past 14.04 install, which was a mess moving to 16.04 will survive the bump to 18.04.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.31&return_msg=42603.30" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.31"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_32"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_32"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">14 Apr 2020 14:29</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 14 Apr 2020 19:11"></span></span> <span class="message_count">32 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.32">42603.32</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.30#a42603_30" target="_self">42603.30</a></div> <div class="message_body"> What's one of them?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.32&return_msg=42603.30" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.32"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_33"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_33"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">14 Apr 2020 19:17</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 14 Apr 2020 19:18"></span></span> <span class="message_count">33 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.33">42603.33</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.30#a42603_32" target="_self">42603.32</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <img alt="" src="https://www.tehforum.co.uk/forum/get_attachment.php?webtag=DEFAULT&hash=f75a8944f095118da6cbb0a0622b3397&filename=yorkshirepenny.jpg" /></div> <div class="message_attachments"> <span>Attachments:</span> <ul> <li><span class="image attach"></span><a href="get_attachment.php?webtag=DEFAULT&hash=f75a8944f095118da6cbb0a0622b3397&filename=yorkshirepenny.jpg" target="_blank">yorkshirepenny.jpg</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.33&return_msg=42603.30" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.33"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_34"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_34"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">14 Apr 2020 19:20</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 14 Apr 2020 19:22"></span></span> <span class="message_count">34 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.34">42603.34</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.30#a42603_33" target="_self">42603.33</a></div> <div class="message_body"> How odd. I wonder what they're associated with. The Yorkshire bank?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.34&return_msg=42603.30" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.34"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_35"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_35"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">14 Apr 2020 19:25</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 14 Apr 2020 19:26"></span></span> <span class="message_count">35 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.35">42603.35</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.30#a42603_34" target="_self">42603.34</a></div> <div class="message_body"> They're associated with one Steve Manthorp (& Co.).<br /> <br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/manthorp/status/848447314083676161">https://twitter.com/manthorp/status/848447314083676161</a></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.35&return_msg=42603.30" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.35"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_36"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_36"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">14 Apr 2020 19:34</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 14 Apr 2020 19:51"></span></span> <span class="message_count">36 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.36">42603.36</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.30#a42603_35" target="_self">42603.35</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Messrs Manthorp & Gulzar - how curious</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.36&return_msg=42603.30" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.36"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_37"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_37"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">14 Apr 2020 19:51</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">37 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.37">42603.37</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Update on my lockdown diversion: this morning it would not boot, freezing mid-post, unresponsive to 3-finger salute. Thought I might have done something terrible by impatiently hot-plugging a ps/2 mouse yesterday. (the k9mm-v is usb-finicky).<br /> <br /> I decided to try clearing the cmos. Shifting the sound card and some sata cables out of the way, I had just enough room to grasp the jumper (MrsD.'s cosmetic tweezers not up to the job). After it came back to life, I ran updates on Fedora 31, installed xfce desktop to it and turned my ministrations to xp, which was mysteriously ignored by the FC31 grub two -- it's now a subitem in the Windows 7 boot menu, listed as "fucking old windows" or words to that effect. The OS that dares not speak its name.<br /> <br /> Where Win7 was running quite snappily yesterday immediately after the install, I found it sluggish, and messed around with the memory cache settings, which seems to have helped. No doubt Win7 wants a lot more ram than xp, but the mb is maxed out at 2G <span class="emoticon e_sad" title=":-("><span class="e__">:-(</span></span> .<br /> <br /> I did a brief trial run of Dead Island Riptide on it. It ran about as well as under xp on this old rig, which is to say not great, but playable. I need better headphones though.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.37&return_msg=42603.30" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.37"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_38"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_38"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">14 Apr 2020 21:06</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 14 Apr 2020 23:19"></span></span> <span class="message_count">38 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.38">42603.38</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.30#a42603_37" target="_self">42603.37</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Life, and old laptops, are like that sometimes</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.38&return_msg=42603.30" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.38"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_39"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_39"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Manthorp<span class="message_time">15 Apr 2020 08:27</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Apr 2020 08:27"></span></span> <span class="message_count">39 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.39">42603.39</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.30#a42603_36" target="_self">42603.36</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Still got a handful of them left, too.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.39&return_msg=42603.30" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.39"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="42603.40" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>