Please check /dev/null permission, and make sure that you all users have access for it. If that's the case, there is a udev file that should be edited in order to make it create the permission properly.
Ido On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:45 AM, David Suna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On my kids' computer I did a network upgrade from Ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04. > Unfortunately, during the upgrade process the machine was rebooted. The > machine boots now but when I log in under X the desktop doesn't come up at > all. I just get a blank beige window. I also don't know what else got > messed up because of the interrupted upgrade. I can ssh into the machine. > I did the upgrade using Synaptic and I am not very familiar with apt > commands. Can anyone tell me how I can fix this mess? To complicate the > problem, the dvd drive on that machine is broken so I cannot boot from a > rescue disk. I assume that there should be a way to tell the system to > complete the upgrade process but I don't know the appropriate commands. > > > Pointers to appropriate web sites or documentation would also be > appreciated. > > -- > David Suna > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- http://ik.homelinux.org/ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
