Hi My computer keeps hanging and timing out when I try to log in, and it hangs when I log out. It was ok yesterday when I booted up my computer after the hurricane, but this morning I tried to run 'sudo tail -f /var/log/apache/access.log' and sudo hung; it wouldn't respond to ctrl-c, I had to kill the rxvt window. I tried a few more times, and the same thing happened. Then I tried to ssh into my computer from my parents' computer, and the login hung. I ended up trying 2 or 3 times, all of which hung on login. Then I tried logging in on normally at a regular text terminal on my computer and the login timed out after 60 seconds. So then, just out of curiosity, I tried logging out of one of the X terminals I had up (I keep 2 X screens running at a time), and the logout is *still* hung after 15 mins. I can move the mouse, but the blackbox slit is gone and the menu doesn't pop up when I right-click, so I'm like half-way logged out. So to recap, I try to log in-- I type my username, hit enter, the prompt for the password comes up, I type in my password and hit enter, and nothing happens till it times out-- *if* it times out. And when I log out, I get half-way logged out and the logout hangs, but not the whole terminal.
What could be the problem? Could it be a problem with pam? A hardware (like, overheating) problem? Do you need any more info? TIA. -- Vikki Roemer Homepage: http://neuromancer.homelinux.com/ Registered Linux user #280021 http://counter.li.org/ Q: What's a light-year? A: One-third less calories than a regular year. PGP fingerprint: 0A3E 0AE4 CCD9 FF31 B4BB C859 2DE1 B1D8 5CE0 1578 Keyserver: http://pgp.mit.edu/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT d-(?) s: a--- C++++(++) UL++++ P+ L+++>++++ E W++ N+ o? K- w--() O? M? V?(-) PS+(+++) PE(++) Y+ PGP++ t+@ 5 X-() R*(?) tv-- b+++(++) DI+ D--(?) G e-(*)>+++++ h! r% x? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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