Would this help?
http://udisks.freedesktop.org/docs/late ... ctl.1.html

(although it specifically says it is not meant to be used by scripts, it's still useful for simple backup....)

For traveling, I found the smaller screen the best (although it must have a good definition, my 10 inch features 1366x768 and is very clear).
Bigger machines I had before quickly got damaged. Also autonomy is a must, 5/6 hours is great.

Some error in LILO's configuration so that the wrong kernel is associated with the wrong system could do that. Can you post /etc/fstab, /etc/lilo.conf as well as the output of fdisk -l ? Or use LiloSetup (not the same as liloconfig) from menu system in Salix (it is usually pretty good at setting mul...

checking /var/log/syslog could be useful.

I had that problem with another beverage a few years ago. I endeavored to pick the laptop's keyboard apart and clean every single key... but it never was quite the same and always played up since then. Rebooting randomly etc... let's hope you will be luckier.

Powering off a frozen machine usually results in corrupt data and an unbootable system. Thankfully it can usually be fixed with fsck executed from a Live CD.

As Gapan suggested, did you try creating a new user? and try reproducing this problem from a standard setup?

Hi Thanks for the report anyways, I'll look into that

Actually I'm quite unfamiliar with zim. I did not realize it could be used for tasks, I thought it was mainly for notes.

Taskcoach organise tasks (within tasks if you wish) with deadlines, importance, context etc... I was using it with a loose GTD system before I switched to ToodleDo online.

Task Coach
Task Coach is a simple open source todo manager to keep track of personal tasks and todo lists. It is designed for composite tasks, and also offers effort tracking, categories, notes and more.

You'll find the 1.3.24 version, x86_64 package here

Or the SLKBUILD here.