A weired system.

[pursley1 at netscape.net]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> pursley1 at netscape.net wrote:
>
>   
>> You know, I don't know what it is but my system just seems to be
>> behaving very strange.  I'm only commenting on this and am not really
>> expecting a response but thought I'd like to share my frustrations.
>>
>>     1)  I couldn't synch my Palm via USB cable even though I had all the
>>     right software and setting installed and it turned out to be a
>>     mystery setting that hardly anyone was having problems with.  - Now
>>     fixed.
>>
>>     2)  Every now and then, when I print documents, they get sent to the
>>     que and then disappear without a trace, or an error for that matter.
>>
>>     3)  Even though FC8 seems to install the ability to get an icon when
>>     something is in the que, mine never worked and therefor never knew
>>     it was suppose to be there.  In fact, absolutely *NONE* of the
>>     standard ways of viewing the que from Xwindows worked.  Now, for no
>>     reason at all by poking around looking at the info on them and
>>     without changing any settings, suddenly it's started working after
>>     rebooting.  Go figure!
>>
>>     4)  I occasionally have non-Linux partitions unmounting
>>     automatically with no error given or manual assistance.
>>
>>     5)  ...and other idiotic things that happen occasionally.
>>
>> I'm starting to feel the urge to ask the question, "Is Linux stable
>> anymore?"  Since I get the sense that no one else is having these
>> problems and more I wonder if I'm losing my mind....
>>     
>
> You seem to me to be raising 3 or 4 completely unrelated issues,
> none of which are very clearly described.
> I'm sure you would be better off dealing with them separately.
>   

As I stated in my original message, I wasn't looking for them to get 
fixed, I was just venting my frustration over the kinds of things that 
have been happening. I'm dealing with issues separately but felt the 
need just to vent. I do feel much better now.

Bradley