On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 03:01:20 GMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: > >>Basic questions: >> >>1. What is root's shell? Is it /bin/bash or /bin/sh? (If the latter, is >>/bin/sh a symlink to /bin/bash? It usually is but might not be in your >case.) > >It is /bin/bash (and /bin/sh is symlink to same). > >>2. What are permissions on /bin? They should be 755 (rwxr-xr-x). > >They are. (As are permisions on /, suggested by someone else). > >>3. This feels like a long shot, but might there be a permissions >problem >>with one of the shared libraries bash uses? Check your system with "ldd >>/bin/bash". Mine shows these libraries involved: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ldd /bin/bash >> libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x40018000) >> libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40055000) >> libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40058000) >> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000) > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ldd /bin/bash > libtermcap.so.2 => /lib/libtermcap.so.2 (0x40025000) > libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x4002a000) > libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4002d000) > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000) >Permissions on all are 755. > >>4. Another long shot: how full is /var ? /tmp ? / ? Might bash be >unable to > >>create a log or scratch file, or login a wtmp entry, as an ordinary >user >>that it can as root (since root can use reserved areas of filesystems)? > >Only have one filesystem, /, wich is 11% full (2.7GB of 22GB). > >>5. And another: might some filesystem be mounted read only? > >Nope. > >>6. This sounds very non-Linux, but ... have you rebooted? It's just >barely >>possible that some kernel pointer got corrupted somehow and you need to >>reload a fresh kernel to get the permissions read properly. > >Yes we have. He dual-boots M$ Windows, and usually plays games under >Windows for most of the time he's on his computer. > >>If none of this gets you anywhere, and no one else comes up with >something >>better, next time tell us in more detail waht you have been doing to >get X >>working. Just editing XF86Config-4? Or fiddlign with other parts of the >>system too? > >Mainly editing XF86Config-4. Also attempting to install the ATI Radeon >drivers off of ATI's site. This might be somewhing to worry about, as >the drivers were only available in RPMs, and Slackware doesn't nativly >support RPMs. I used Alien to convert it to a Slackware tgz package, >and it seemed to install fine. > >Just solved it. Thought popped into my head, what's the permission on >the /lib directory? 700. Changed to 755, everything works fine. ============================================== I love happy endings. ;o) This entire brief thread was full of good trouble shooting advice. A real keeper. Glad you got it all solved, Conway Best, Mike
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