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    Hi Brian, <br>
    That 1 TB WD Blue SSD isn't reporting SMART data properly. Or at
    least they're not following the SMART standard(s). Using the Western
    Digital SSD Dashboard ( Windows only :-( ) you might get better
    health metrics. Going off the data you sent I wouldn't be able to
    say for sure that the drive is okay. But it appears to be. <br>
    187 Reported_Uncorrect      -O--CK   100   100   ---    -    0<br>
    ^^^^<br>
    That's a very good sign. Anything more than 0 is bad.<br>
    <br>
    232 Available_Reservd_Space PO--CK   100   100   004    -    100<br>
    ^^^^<br>
    That's also a good sign. Similar to the one below.<br>
    <br>
    233 Media_Wearout_Indicator -O--CK   100   100   ---    -    3598<br>
    ^^^^<br>
    I normally use that to tell how much life is left. However, I can't
    tell if that is B, KiB, or MiB. Sometimes you see that given as a
    percent value.<br>
    <br>
    At this point I would rule out the drive as the failure. However, I
    would not recommend WD SSDs. Samsung and Crucial make some pretty
    decently priced SSDs, and I have battle tested those brands.<br>
    <br>
    Maybe you were hacked. Very unlikely though.<br>
    <br>
    Though I still think you should nuke and start over. Were you able
    to look at journalctl to see if you can pin point the failure? Or
    can you not get to a shell prompt from that OS?<br>
    <br>
    Jared<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/23/19 5:34 PM, Brian O'Keefe
      wrote:<br>
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      <p>Sorry AGAIN for the stream of emails. Output of gsmartcontro
        extended test:</p>
      <p>smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [x86_64-linux-4.15.0-47-generic]
        (local build)<br>
        Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, <a
          class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
          href="http://www.smartmontools.org" moz-do-not-send="true">www.smartmontools.org</a><br>
        <br>
        === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===<br>
        Device Model:     WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50<br>
        Serial Number:    181228800969<br>
        LU WWN Device Id: 5 001b44 8b6aebe6a<br>
        Firmware Version: X61130WD<br>
        User Capacity:    1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]<br>
        Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical<br>
        Rotation Rate:    Solid State Device<br>
        Form Factor:      2.5 inches<br>
        Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P
        showall]<br>
        ATA Version is:   Unknown(0x0ff0), ACS-4 T13/BSR INCITS 529
        revision 5<br>
        SATA Version is:  SATA >3.2 (0x1ff), 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0
        Gb/s)<br>
        Local Time is:    Tue Apr 23 16:13:00 2019 MDT<br>
        SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.<br>
        SMART support is: Enabled<br>
        AAM feature is:   Unavailable<br>
        APM level is:     254 (maximum performance)<br>
        Rd look-ahead is: Enabled<br>
        Write cache is:   Enabled<br>
        ATA Security is:  Disabled, NOT FROZEN [SEC1]<br>
        <br>
        === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===<br>
        SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED<br>
        <br>
        General SMART Values:<br>
        Offline data collection status:  (0x00)    Offline data
        collection activity<br>
                            was never started.<br>
                            Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.<br>
        Self-test execution status:      (   0)    The previous
        self-test routine completed<br>
                            without error or no self-test has ever <br>
                            been run.<br>
        Total time to complete Offline <br>
        data collection:         (    0) seconds.<br>
        Offline data collection<br>
        capabilities:              (0x11) SMART execute Offline
        immediate.<br>
                            No Auto Offline data collection support.<br>
                            Suspend Offline collection upon new<br>
                            command.<br>
                            No Offline surface scan supported.<br>
                            Self-test supported.<br>
                            No Conveyance Self-test supported.<br>
                            No Selective Self-test supported.<br>
        SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)    Saves SMART data
        before entering<br>
                            power-saving mode.<br>
                            Supports SMART auto save timer.<br>
        Error logging capability:        (0x01)    Error logging
        supported.<br>
                            General Purpose Logging supported.<br>
        Short self-test routine <br>
        recommended polling time:      (   2) minutes.<br>
        Extended self-test routine<br>
        recommended polling time:      (  10) minutes.<br>
        <br>
        SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 4<br>
        Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:<br>
        ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAGS    VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL
        RAW_VALUE<br>
          5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   -O--CK   100   100   ---    -    0<br>
          9 Power_On_Hours          -O--CK   100   100   ---    -   
        2694<br>
         12 Power_Cycle_Count       -O--CK   100   100   ---    -   
        2430<br>
        165 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   ---    -   
        34380513503<br>
        166 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   ---    -    1<br>
        167 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   ---    -    33<br>
        168 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   ---    -    21<br>
        169 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   ---    -    564<br>
        170 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   ---    -    0<br>
        171 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   ---    -    0<br>
        172 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   ---    -    0<br>
        173 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   ---    -    3<br>
        174 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   ---    -   
        1698<br>
        184 End-to-End_Error        -O--CK   100   100   ---    -    0<br>
        187 Reported_Uncorrect      -O--CK   100   100   ---    -    0<br>
        188 Command_Timeout         -O--CK   100   100   ---    -    14<br>
        194 Temperature_Celsius     -O---K   064   048   ---    -    36
        (Min/Max 9/48)<br>
        199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    -O--CK   100   100   ---    -    0<br>
        230 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   -O--CK   100   100   ---    -   
        188980527148<br>
        232 Available_Reservd_Space PO--CK   100   100   004    -    100<br>
        233 Media_Wearout_Indicator -O--CK   100   100   ---    -   
        3598<br>
        234 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   100   100   ---    -   
        5422<br>
        241 Total_LBAs_Written      ----CK   253   253   ---    -   
        4262<br>
        242 Total_LBAs_Read         ----CK   253   253   ---    -   
        7820<br>
        244 Unknown_Attribute       -O--CK   000   100   ---    -    0<br>
                                    ||||||_ K auto-keep<br>
                                    |||||__ C event count<br>
                                    ||||___ R error rate<br>
                                    |||____ S speed/performance<br>
                                    ||_____ O updated online<br>
                                    |______ P prefailure warning<br>
        <br>
        General Purpose Log Directory Version 1<br>
        SMART           Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log
        support]<br>
        Address    Access  R/W   Size  Description<br>
        0x00       GPL,SL  R/O      1  Log Directory<br>
        0x01           SL  R/O      1  Summary SMART error log<br>
        0x02           SL  R/O      2  Comprehensive SMART error log<br>
        0x03       GPL     R/O      1  Ext. Comprehensive SMART error
        log<br>
        0x04       GPL,SL  R/O      8  Device Statistics log<br>
        0x06           SL  R/O      1  SMART self-test log<br>
        0x07       GPL     R/O      1  Extended self-test log<br>
        0x10       GPL     R/O      1  SATA NCQ Queued Error log<br>
        0x11       GPL     R/O      1  SATA Phy Event Counters log<br>
        0x30       GPL,SL  R/O      9  IDENTIFY DEVICE data log<br>
        0x80-0x9f  GPL,SL  R/W     16  Host vendor specific log<br>
        0xde       GPL     VS       8  Device vendor specific log<br>
        <br>
        SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)<br>
        No Errors Logged<br>
        <br>
        SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)<br>
        Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining 
        LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error<br>
        # 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     
        2694         -<br>
        # 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     
        2693         -<br>
        <br>
        Selective Self-tests/Logging not supported<br>
        <br>
        SCT Commands not supported<br>
        <br>
        Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04)<br>
        Page  Offset Size        Value Flags Description<br>
        0x01  =====  =               =  ===  == General Statistics (rev
        1) ==<br>
        0x01  0x008  4            2430  ---  Lifetime Power-On Resets<br>
        0x01  0x010  4               0  ---  Power-on Hours<br>
        0x01  0x018  6      8939654830  ---  Logical Sectors Written<br>
        0x01  0x020  6       440746242  ---  Number of Write Commands<br>
        0x01  0x028  6     16400872050  ---  Logical Sectors Read<br>
        0x01  0x030  6      1053092276  ---  Number of Read Commands<br>
        0x07  =====  =               =  ===  == Solid State Device
        Statistics (rev 1) ==<br>
        0x07  0x008  1               0  N--  Percentage Used Endurance
        Indicator<br>
                                        |||_ C monitored condition met<br>
                                        ||__ D supports DSN<br>
                                        |___ N normalized value<br>
        <br>
        SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)<br>
        ID      Size     Value  Description<br>
        0x0001  4            0  Command failed due to ICRC error<br>
        0x0002  4            0  R_ERR response for data FIS<br>
        0x0005  4            0  R_ERR response for non-data FIS<br>
        0x000a  4            3  Device-to-host register FISes sent due
        to a COMRESET<br>
      </p>
      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/23/19 10:15 AM, Alucard wrote:<br>
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        Hi Brian,<br>
        <br>
        My 2¢.<br>
        <br>
        If my OS was that hosed, I would just start over. There is a
        point where the rabbit hole gets too deep to climb out of.<br>
        <br>
        Have you looked at the hard drive to see if that HDD/SSD is
        failing?<br>
        <br>
        sudo apt install smartmontools<br>
        sudo smartctl --all /dev/sda<br>
        <br>
        If you have never looked at SMART data, then you will want to
        probably send us/me the output. You will probably be better off
        doing this from a live USB/CD. If you want a GUI for
        smartmontools, look at GSmartControl.<br>
        <br>
        If the drive is failing, then fixing the OS is a moot point. <br>
        <br>
        Regards,<br>
        <br>
        Jared <br>
        <br>
        <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/22/19 9:45 PM, Brian O'Keefe
          wrote:<br>
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          <p>Thanks Harold. Responses inserted for ease and clarity.
            Many thanks again<br>
          </p>
          <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/22/19 9:23 PM, Harold
            Furbiter wrote:<br>
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                <div>Here is a receipe for boot from an older kernel,
                  and how to set it to a default.</div>
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                      <p>If you have a few Kernels in your system you
                        can set manually what Kernel version will start:</p>
                      <ol>
                        <li>
                          <p>Reboot your PC with pressed Shift button
                            for display GRUB after BIOS will start. You
                            will see something like: <a
                              href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/sSCzp.png"
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                              moz-do-not-send="true">GRUB start page</a></p>
                        </li>
                      </ol>
                    </div>
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          <i>I have booted into older kernels or safe mode this way in
            the pas. Now I cannot reboot as all that comes up is the
            them color screen, no login, nothing. So I have to do a hard
            shutdown. I do not get a Grub menu holding down shift key
            upon starting. I get a flat theme color screen. Nothing more</i><br>
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                      <ol>
                        <li>
                          <p>Select "Advanced options for Ubuntu" and
                            memorize index of this menu line(count
                            starts from 0) On the picture index is 1</p>
                        </li>
                      </ol>
                    </div>
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          <i>Since I can't access Grub menu I can't do any of the
            following except edit grub setup file, which I have not done
            because of above issue</i><br>
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                      <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/yYhnM.png"
                          rel="nofollow noreferrer"
                          moz-do-not-send="true">      2.      Select
                          concrete Kernel</a></p>
                      <ol start="3">
                        <li>
                          <p>Select concrete kernel for boot and also
                            memorize index of this menu line(count
                            starts from 0) On the picture index of
                            chosen Kernel is 2</p>
                        </li>
                        <li>
                          <p>Start system. This action is for one boot
                            on concrete kernel. If you want to start
                            from concrete Kernel all time you should do
                            next steps:</p>
                        </li>
                      </ol>
                      <p>4.1. Open and edit GRUB setup file:</p>
                      <pre><code>sudo nano /etc/default/grub
</code></pre>
                      <p>4.2. Find line GRUB_DEFAULT=...(by default
                        GRUB_DEFAULT=0) and sets in quotes menu path to
                        concrete Kernel(Remember menu indexes from steps
                        2 and 3). In my system first index was 1 and
                        second was 2. I set in to GRUB_DEFAULT</p>
                      <pre><code>GRUB_DEFAULT="1>2"
</code></pre>
                      <p>Save file.</p>
                      <p>4.3. Update GRUB information for apply changes:</p>
                      <pre><code>sudo update-grub
</code></pre>
                      <p>4.4. After reboot you automatically boot on
                        Kernel by chosen menu path. An example on my
                        machine 1 -> 2</p>
                      <p>4.5. Check Kernel version after reboot:</p>
                      <p>uname -r</p>
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                    <div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday,
                      April 18, 2019 at 10:54 PM<br>
                      <b>From:</b> "Brian O'Keefe" <a
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                        href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com"
                        moz-do-not-send="true"><okeefe@cybermesa.com></a><br>
                      <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                        href="mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org"
                        moz-do-not-send="true">nmglug@lists.nmglug.org</a><br>
                      <b>Subject:</b> Re: [nmglug] Weirdness</div>
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                        <p>Thanks again,</p>
                        <p>Tried them all to no avail</p>
                        <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/15/19 6:33 PM,
                          Harold Furbiter wrote:</div>
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                              <div>You could try:</div>
                              <div>sudo /sbin/init 6   (see if it
                                reboots)</div>
                            </div>
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                        reboots to a blank, colored screen, no log in
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                            <div>
                              <div>sudo /sbin/init 1   (see if it give
                                you a prompt)</div>
                            </div>
                          </div>
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                        Gives me a rescue mode prompt that I cannot use
                        as I can't enter any of the options
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                              <div> </div>
                              <div>maybe su to root and try init</div>
                              <div>sudo su - root  (you need '- root' to
                                insure your path is root's)</div>
                              <div> </div>
                              <div>you might try booting from a older or
                                oldest kernel:</div>
                            </div>
                          </div>
                        </blockquote>
                        Can't access the grub menu for older kernels.
                        Using shift key during boot just gives me the
                        blank colored screen
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                              <div> </div>
                              <div>dpkg -l | grep linux-image | awk
                                '{print$2}'</div>
                              <div>
                                <div> </div>
                                <div>Gives you a list of bootable
                                  kernels available on your system. Try
                                  booting from the oldest version.</div>
                              </div>
                            </div>
                          </div>
                        </blockquote>
                        Is there a way to reboot from a terminal with an
                        older kernel as I cannot access the grub menu.
                        this is a recent issue, within the last couple
                        of weeks.
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                                <div>Cheers,</div>
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                                  <div style="margin: 0 0 10.0px 0;"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday,
                                    April 13, 2019 at 8:32 AM<br>
                                    <b>From:</b> "Harold Furbiter" <a
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                                    <b>To:</b> <a
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                                    <b>Subject:</b> Re: [nmglug]
                                    Weirdness</div>
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                                        <div>Then you have a corrupt
                                          kernel. On boot try booting to
                                          an older kernel.</div>
                                        <div> </div>
                                        <div>
                                          <div><a
href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/82140/how-can-i-boot-with-an-older-kernel-version"
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                                              April 12, 2019 at 6:15 PM<br>
                                              <b>From:</b> "Brian
                                              O'Keefe" <a
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                                              <b>To:</b> <a
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                                              <b>Subject:</b> Re:
                                              [nmglug] Weirdness</div>
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                                                <p>Thanks for the input
                                                  Harold,</p>
                                                <p>Same result, just
                                                  hangs on the splash
                                                  screen. Can't logout,
                                                  esc. key does nothing,
                                                  can't switch to a
                                                  console. Just have to
                                                  do a hard shutdown.</p>
                                                <div
                                                  class="moz-cite-prefix">On
                                                  4/11/19 8:59 PM,
                                                  Harold Furbiter wrote:</div>
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                                                    <div>Out of
                                                      curiousity have
                                                      you tried init 0 ?
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                                                          0 0 10.0px 0;"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday,
                                                          April 10, 2019
                                                          at 11:26 AM<br>
                                                          <b>From:</b> "Brian
                                                          O'Keefe" <a
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href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com"
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                                                          <b>To:</b> "NMGLUG.org
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                                                          <b>Subject:</b> [nmglug]
                                                          Weirdness</div>
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                                                          <p>Hi All,</p>
                                                          <p>Since I may
                                                          not make
                                                          meeting (niece
                                                          visiting and
                                                          Thurs. is her
                                                          last day) I'm
                                                          putting my
                                                          issue out for
                                                          comment and
                                                          hopefully
                                                          answers. As
                                                          many of you
                                                          know I used to
                                                          updgrade
                                                          instead of
                                                          clean installs
                                                          and did that
                                                          since Ubuntu
                                                          6.04. I had
                                                          also added
                                                          many apps from
                                                          third parties
                                                          and also
                                                          modified many,
                                                          many conf
                                                          files to keep
                                                          things
                                                          working. I had
                                                          a meltdown and
                                                          lost much of
                                                          my data but
                                                          following a
                                                          partial
                                                          recovery,
                                                          thanks to a
                                                          certain group
                                                          member, I
                                                          installed a
                                                          clean version
                                                          of 18.04 onto
                                                          a new 1TB SSD.
                                                          I have ot
                                                          tinkered at
                                                          all with 3rd
                                                          party software
                                                          nor modified
                                                          any conf files
                                                          or been a bad
                                                          boy in any
                                                          way!</p>
                                                          <p>My issue
                                                          ids that I
                                                          cannot shut
                                                          down my box in
                                                          anyway other
                                                          than a hard
                                                          shutdown. I
                                                          also cannot
                                                          restart it. I
                                                          have tried the
                                                          GUI option as
                                                          well as
                                                          switching to
                                                          text mode and
                                                          using "sudo
                                                          shutdown now"
                                                          or "sudo
                                                          restart now".
                                                          In those cases
                                                          I get the
                                                          splash screen
                                                          with the
                                                          "traveling
                                                          lights" and
                                                          Unutu but it
                                                          hangs there.
                                                          The traveling
                                                          dots hang on
                                                          the first dot
                                                          of the splash
                                                          screen and
                                                          nothing
                                                          happens. I had
                                                          hoped that
                                                          text mode
                                                          would give
                                                          give me an
                                                          indication of
                                                          the issues but
                                                          I can't stay
                                                          in that mode
                                                          for some
                                                          reason. </p>
                                                          <p>Thanks for
                                                          any help.</p>
                                                          <p>Brian</p>
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