On Tue, 2014-01-14 at 14:17 +0100, Harold Aling wrote: > > B*) Encrypted swap partition > > This will cause A, right? Unlikely that Hartmut has got an encrypted swap. Hartmut: - Regarding to your HDD, you could start by posting the output of $ sudo smartctl -a /dev/... , e.g. $ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda - Follow Lars and get rid of GVFS