I call myself the Computer
Idiot, but that upsets Leslie, so I can't do that any more. She's
threatened to change my bios so I'm minding my p's and q's ... LOL!

This all started with Fedora 13. The computer was a gift. I had the user
password, but no root password - the user and root were apparently
different. The woes of a used computer. The person that gave it to me
didn't have the root pswd either. With the help of this group, Fedora is
gone and Ubuntu (my choice) is now installed. I hope correctly, cause I
didn't (don't) know what I'm doing, but I'm learning. Anyway, I've
re-installed Ubuntu 3 or 4 times now. I think it's done correctly this
time. I like it so far. There's lots to learn. The computer itself may be
defective. It's a 2005, maybe older - Dell Latitude D810. It'll do until I
learn more. Sorry to ramble on, but I made the mistake looking back of
starting a new thread when a new problem came along, so not all of the
story is here. My fault, looking back. One learns more.

I appreciate all the replies I've received from this group. Never met a
better bunch. Y'all will do to ride the river with - that's a compliment
down here in South Texas.

Gonna shag-out for now ... catch y'all later.........