Dear John,

sorry I forgot to add the this part of your message

>> This bit of magic, from a recent post, is said to stop that link
>> getting camouflaged:
>> 
>> <begin pgp signed message to disable safelinks/>

was not clear to me.

Many thanks,
Stefano




On 2019-01-29 10:14, S. Vergani wrote:
> On 2019-01-28 18:40, John Pilkington wrote:
>> On 28/01/2019 14:10, S. Vergani wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> I am running scientific linux on a ThinkPad t440p. During the past 
>>> 1.5 years, I have been experiencing the same apparently unsolvable 
>>> problem with SL 7.5. Every time I closed the pc without locking it or 
>>> I tried to restart it, the pc froze and the only thing to do was to 
>>> force shut down. I have been using GNOME classic but with any other 
>>> desktop as well (I tried them all) the problem persisted.
>>> 
>>> I upgraded yesterday to SL 7.6 and finally the issue disappeared. 
>>> This morning I started again the session and SL was back to 7.5. When 
>>> I start the session (I have windows 7 dual-boot) I can choose only 
>>> between some versions of SL 7.5 and windows. The aesthetics is then 
>>> exactly as it was with SL 7.5, but when I check which version I am 
>>> running it shows SL 7.6. The old issue came back and again it freezes 
>>> every time.
>>> 
>>> Could someone help me with the matter? To summarize, the selections 
>>> during boot phase, the aesthetics, and the old issues of SL 7.5 are 
>>> back, but I upgraded to SL 7.6 and when I ask for the OS the output 
>>> is
>>> 
>>> NAME="Scientific Linux"
>>> VERSION="7.6 (Nitrogen)"
>>> ID="scientific"
>>> ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
>>> VERSION_ID="7.6"
>>> PRETTY_NAME="Scientific Linux 7.6 (Nitrogen)"
>>> ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
>>> CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:scientificlinux:scientificlinux:7.6:GA"
>>> HOME_URL="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.scientificlinux.org__&d=DwICAg&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=Aqd5_VH4PlFI7GAYLgL25bt5Og8RNo4gM-d9z9NJh7A&s=QXGDFZ1WCt4tUiw6xnohs8oDWnt_8gJoHiC7vW6ikH8&e=" 
>>> BUG_REPORT_URL="mailto:[log in to unmask]"
>>> 
>>> REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Scientific Linux 7"
>>> REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=7.6
>>> REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Scientific Linux"
>>> REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="7.6"
>>> 
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Stefano
>> 
>> Hi:  In the past people have found that their systems had not properly
>> upgraded.  I don't know  whether the underlying problems have been
>> fixed now, but this thread might help:
>> 
>> https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1805&L=SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS&P=13374
>> 
>> This bit of magic, from a recent post, is said to stop that link
>> getting camouflaged:
>> 
>> <begin pgp signed message to disable safelinks/>
>> 
>> The 'overnight' freezes problem really needs logs, or at least some
>> indication of what processes had been active.  Firefox videos,
>> perhaps?
>> 
>> John P
> 
> 
> Dear John,
> 
> thank you very much for your help. I tried the "magic spelling" the
> post suggested, but nothing happened. This is such a weird issue, the
> first day SL 7.6 was completely different and when I shut down I
> somehow downgraded back to 7.5 even if now it still says I am running
> SL 7.6 but in boot phase I can choose only SL 7.5.
> 
> Regarding the overnight freezes, I have been fighting against it
> forever. It happens in every situation, simply every time I clik
> "restart" or I close the pc without locking it, it freezes forever.
> This started when I upgraded from SL 7.4 to 7.5. Before that, it was
> perfect. Apparently, the issue was solved upgrading to SL 7.6 but now
> this second issue kicked in.
> 
> Do you have any other suggestion?
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Stefano

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Stefano Vergani
Doctor of Philosophy Student
STFC Data Intensive Science Studentship Beneficiary
Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory
King's College, University of Cambridge