For some reason /usr/X11R6/bin does not appear to be in the path. I even manually added it to /etc/rc.sysinit and rebooted but it had no effect.
What would cause that. What package normally sets these things. I may be able to uninstall/re-install and resolve the problem. --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > for some reason I can no longer access kde with > users. > I get the dcopserver error. It works fine with root. > I > even uninstalled kde and qt and reinstalled because > of > the png issue. > > Also, when I try to startx as user (works in root) I > get the following message: > [sczjd@sidereal sczjd]$ startx > > Authentication failed - cannot start X server. > > --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I dumped mandrake's lvm and installed one from > > http://www.comedia.it/bluca/lvm/ > > This got lvm back up. Now I have to resolve the > fact > > that cooker installed on the /usr and/var from > root > > and not upgraded from the ones on the lvm. > > Any warnings or recommendations? > > > > I am going to try doing it through rpmdrake and > see > > what happens... > > > > > > --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The lvm list seems to imply that lvm has > segfault > > > problems when compiled with gcc3. Is the version > > > used > > > in cooker compiled with gcc3? > > > > > > --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > vgcfgrestore segfaults: > > > > > > > > [root@sidereal lvmconf]# vgcfgrestore -tv -n > > > > /dev/mandrake /dev/hda3 > > > > vgcfgrestore -- locking logical volume manager > > > > vgcfgrestore -- restoring volume group > > "mandrake" > > > > from > > > > "/etc/lvmconf/mandrake.conf" > > > > vgcfgrestore -- checking existence of > > > > "/etc/lvmconf/mandrake.conf" > > > > vgcfgrestore -- reading volume group data for > > > > "mandrake" from "/etc/lvmconf/mandrake.conf" > > > > vgcfgrestore -- reading physical volume data > for > > > > "mandrake" from "/etc/lvmconf/mandrake.conf" > > > > Segmentation fault > > > > --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The previous version I was running was > > > identified > > > > in > > > > > /var/log/messages as > > > > > 0.9.1_beta7(ish) > > > > > > > > > > The new version is identified as: > > > > > 1.0.1-rc4(ish)(03/10/2001) > > > > > > > > > > --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > while attempting > > > > > > vgcfgrestore -n mandrake -ll > > > > > > I got a seg fault. The core file reads: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^$@#;лР[спT > > > > > > -кT -к > > > > > > > > > > > > &Рџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџ > > > > > > %d reads %d writes > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Logical extents --- > > > > > > LE PV PE > > > reads > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > writes > > > > > > > > > > > > --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I have had lvm running on a mandrake 8.1 > > > > system. > > > > > > > > > > > > When > > > > > > > I upgraded it to cooker (pre 8.2) it did > > not > > > > > read > > > > > > my > > > > > > > lvm properly (I had /usr, /var and /home > > > pv's > > > > in > > > > > > the > > > > > > > "mandrake" vg. Now it still has the > > lvmconf > > > > file > > > > > > > mandrake.conf but nothing in > /etc/lvmtab.d > > > and > > > > > > > /etc/lvmtab is a 1 kb file. Since this > is > > a > > > > home > > > > > > > system, I have no backups...but it still > > has > > > > > info > > > > > > I > > > > > > > would like to keep. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to rebuild this? I am > > pretty > > > > new > > > > > to > > > > > > > lvm. > > > > > > > I am running lvm-0.9-3mdk. I have lvm > > > running > > > > on > > > > > a > > > > > > > fresh install of cooker on my laptop so > I > > > know > > > > > > this > > > > > > > version works. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I still have /dev/hda3 showing as a lvm > > > > partion > > > > > > (8e) > > > > > > > mandrake had set them up originally as > > > > > > > /dev/mandrake/1 > > > > > > > /dev/mandrake/2 > > > > > > > /dev/mandrake/3 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > /etc/fstab > > > > > > > /dev/hda1 / reiserfs notail 1 1 > > > > > > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > > > > > > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > > > > > > > /dev/mandrake/1 /home reiserfs defaults > 1 > > 2 > > > > > > > /dev/hdg /mnt/cdrom auto > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto > > > > > > > 0$ > > > > > > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,exec,codepage=850,noaut$none > > > > > > > /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > > > > > > none /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0 > > > > > > > /dev/mandrake/2 /usr reiserfs defaults 1 > 2 > > > > > > > /dev/mandrake/3 /var reiserfs defaults 1 > 2 > > > > > > > /dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > > > > > /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I had to setup /dev/hda2 as swap to > enable > > > the > > > > > > > cooker > > > > > > > upgrade since it did not recognize > > /dev/hda5 > > > > > > during > > > > > > > the install. It still does not recognize > > > > > /dev/hda5 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > > > > SI Reasoning > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "They that can give up essential liberty > > to > > > > > obtain > > > > > > a > > > > > > > little temporary safety deserve neither > > > > liberty > > > > > > nor > > > > > > > safety." > > > > > > > Benjamin Franklin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > > > > > > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > > > SI Reasoning > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > "They that can give up essential liberty > to > > > > obtain > > > > > a > > > > > > little temporary safety deserve neither > > > liberty > > > > > nor > > > > > > safety." > > > > > > Benjamin Franklin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > > > > > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > > SI Reasoning > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > "They that can give up essential liberty to > > > obtain > > > > a > > > > > little temporary safety deserve neither > > liberty > > > > nor > > > > > safety." > > > > > Benjamin Franklin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > > > > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > SI Reasoning > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > "They that can give up essential liberty to > > obtain > > > a > > > > little temporary safety deserve neither > liberty > > > nor > > > > safety." > > > > Benjamin Franklin > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > > > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > SI Reasoning > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > "They that can give up essential liberty to > obtain > > a > > > little temporary safety deserve neither liberty > > nor > > > safety." > > > Benjamin Franklin > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > ===== > > SI Reasoning > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain > a > > little temporary safety deserve neither liberty > nor > > safety." > > Benjamin Franklin > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > > ===== > SI Reasoning > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a > little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor > safety." > Benjamin Franklin > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > ===== SI Reasoning [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 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