On Sun May 10 2020 14:31:38 Felmon Davis wrote: > I'm wondering about the idea (a variant of something Mike suggested) > of doing some kind of install or re-install of the base system. > hopefully leaving most of the configuration files of installed > programs intact. > > what's a clever way of doing this? not sure how to get a listing of > these things. apt-get install --dry-run --reinstall $(dpkg -l | grep '^ii' | awk '{print $2}') But I would not reinstall any more than necessary on a failing drive/ssd and it could easily make things worse. Replace it now. It's not worth your time to do anything else. --Mike