I would first look at /var/log/messages You might see the same messages in there.
If you use less /var/log/messages (instead of more) you can hit the end key to get to the end of them. eric On Sunday 22 June 2003 03:31 pm, Wade Waldron wrote: > Okay, when my system hangs I am able to press Alt Ctrl F1 to go > back to the shell. From here if I push the Windows key on my > keyboard I get a screen which seems to be logging current > activity (does this make sense). It lists a series of errors. > Unfortunately the errors go by so quickly that I am unable to see > them. Is it possible to halt this screen, or to print it to a > file? This might help me diagnose the problem. It appears that > the error is probably the same one over and over. I am thinking > that something is not configured correctly and the system is > going into an infinite loop of trying and failing to perform some > operation. > > Also, when I am back in the shell I have tried pressing Ctrl C to > stop KDE from loading. This gives me a message saying something > like "Unexpected signal 15". Nothing happens after that unless I > press Ctrl C again at which point I am given a prompt again. > However, the hard drive still hums as though the system is still > hanging. If I then press the Windows key I am again given the > error messages rapidly scrolling off the screen. I have tried to > do a ps to see the process which is causing the hard drive to > continue to work, but I don't see any process running which would > account for that. > > Wade > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Wade Waldron > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 12:27 PM > Subject: [newbie] System Still Hangs > > > I reinstalled Mandrake 9.1 in order to try to solve my login > problems. I am booting from a floppy. When I boot, it gives me > options of whether to load linux-secure, linux, failsafe, or > windows. I have tried selecting both secure and just linux. > > The system loads and takes me to a text based login. Here I > login and I am taken to the shell (Bash). I type KDE to try to > boot the windowing system. A blue background comes up with an X > shaped cursor. It then comes up with an initialization screen. > This last for a few moments. The initialization screen > disappears and the blue background remains. The hard drive > continues to hum like it is working, but nothing ever happens. > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > Also, I have considered trying to run Gnome instead, but > because I am new to linux I do not know the command to start a > Gnome session. > > Wade
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