On (20/11/05 22:52), Craig Hagerman wrote: > Thanks for the replies Gilles and Cameron. I tried the suggestion to do > > apt-get --reinstall -u install > > and it does seem to have gotten things back ALMOST to where they > should be. still a couple of obvious problems. I have no sound for > some reason. I checked and things like /dev/audio0 ARE correct > (root:audio) now. I get an errror message when I try to open the > volume control and volume is greyed out on something like totem. Not > really sure what might still be wrong to prevent audio from > working.... > Phew ! bit of a relief :)
> The second thing I have noticed is that the terminal doesn't work. I > CAN open up the terminal (gui), but there is an error message saying > "cannon open child process", and the terminal itself is unusable. > There is no prompt and I can't actually type anything in it. (Still > going in by ssh from a remote machine.) > > Any ideas on these anyone? > > By the way Cameron, I did try knoppix, but since it is only a 32 bit > OS I can't chroot into my existing filesystem. However, there is a > ubuntu amd64 live CD that I could use to do this. Like Knoppix it is a > live CD, but unlike it, it comes in 32 and 64 bit versions. Have a look at Debian From Scratch: http://people.debian.org/~jgoerzen/dfs/html/ Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]