Do you mean that you completely removed one hard disk, which contained _all_ of the partitions on the system, and replaced it with a completely different disk which had a different system installed on it?
It sounds like you are talking about a laptop. Is that true? How about if you create a new account, start X from it, then quit X and simply reboot (making no other changes at all in between)? Does the new user still have the problem? Paul. On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 00:10, Haines Brown wrote: > Incidentally, I logged out of the new account, brought the machine > down, played with another HD for a while, plugged my old HD back in, > and booted to the new account. Now can't start X from it. [...] > I certainly appreicate your effort. As I indeicated, this last new > user account I simplyi entered and exited, and it didn't cease to work > until after I had actually changed hard disks and back again. > -- > Paul Furness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mitsubishi Electric ITE BV VIL > > Steepness is an illusion caused by flat things leaning over. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
