[newbie] what does it want . . . and why?
I just installed ML9. During setup I choose the option of a single user. I set the root correctly, etc. (I had M* so I just repeated what I'd previously setup) Now, on boot, the sys gets to the user login prompt and stops. It does not proceed to open the program. So, after giving al the time it wants and when nothing happens other than a few murmurs from the HD, I enter my user name joe enter password: (I enter my password) and hit enter I get a prompt [joelocalhost joe]$ followed by a blinking cursor and a cursing user. So what does the sys want? And why does it not proceed to autoboot as M8 used to? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:13:45 -0400 Joe Harkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed ML9. During setup I choose the option of a single user. I set the root correctly, etc. (I had M* so I just repeated what I'd previously setup) Now, on boot, the sys gets to the user login prompt and stops. It does not proceed to open the program. So, after giving al the time it wants and when nothing happens other than a few murmurs from the HD, I enter my user name joe enter password: (I enter my password) and hit enter I get a prompt [joe@localhost joe]@$ followed by a blinking cursor and a cursing user. So what does the sys want? And why does it not proceed to autoboot as M8 used to? startx? (Speaking about 8.2--go to the control center boot boot configuration and check automatically start x or something to that effect. At least I think that addresses your problem.) Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?
At 06:19 PM 10/24/2002 -0400, you wrote: startx? (Speaking about 8.2--go to the control center boot boot configuration and check automatically start x or something to that effect. At least I think that addresses your problem.) Thanks. It's a start. (no pun intended) What it startx got me was a series of lines . . . xauth: creating new authority for /joe/.Xauthority xauth: creating new authority for /joe/.Xauthority xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2) :unable to connect to server xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error [joelocalhost joe]$ In other words, it return me to the prompt at which I entered startx. I suspect this the new issue arises because I had work done on my computer and got it back only yesterday. I run Win on the Primary HD. Before that work, the prinary drive was (and remains hdda) slave drive was partitioned as hdd1 through hdd6. The work included installing a CD R/W and the techie installed it as hdd. The slave drive is now hdb. When I installed M9, I only put it on /, leaving /home and the swap as they had been in order under M8 to save the data on /home. So it that configuration the cause of the inability to find /joe/home? Or am I off the mark? Can you suggest how I can fix the problem? TIA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 19:18:40 -0400 Joe Harkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 06:19 PM 10/24/2002 -0400, you wrote: startx? (Speaking about 8.2--go to the control center boot boot configuration and check automatically start x or something to that effect. At least I think that addresses your problem.) Thanks. It's a start. (no pun intended) What it startx got me was a series of lines . . . xauth: creating new authority for /joe/.Xauthority xauth: creating new authority for /joe/.Xauthority xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2) :unable to connect to server xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error [joe@localhost joe]$ In other words, it return me to the prompt at which I entered startx. I suspect this the new issue arises because I had work done on my computer and got it back only yesterday. I run Win on the Primary HD. Before that work, the prinary drive was (and remains hdda) slave drive was partitioned as hdd1 through hdd6. The work included installing a CD R/W and the techie installed it as hdd. The slave drive is now hdb. When I installed M9, I only put it on /, leaving /home and the swap as they had been in order under M8 to save the data on /home. So it that configuration the cause of the inability to find /joe/home? Or am I off the mark? Can you suggest how I can fix the problem? You're getting beyond my level of experience, but it sounds like you have a problem with the X server. I'd probably try to repair the install, but I'll defer to others here who have more expertise. Sorry :( Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?
On October 24, 2002 04:18 pm, Joe Harkins wrote: At 06:19 PM 10/24/2002 -0400, you wrote: startx? (Speaking about 8.2--go to the control center boot boot configuration and check automatically start x or something to that effect. At least I think that addresses your problem.) Thanks. It's a start. (no pun intended) What it startx got me was a series of lines . . . xauth: creating new authority for /joe/.Xauthority xauth: creating new authority for /joe/.Xauthority xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2) :unable to connect to server xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error [joelocalhost joe]$ In other words, it return me to the prompt at which I entered startx. I suspect this the new issue arises because I had work done on my computer and got it back only yesterday. I run Win on the Primary HD. Before that work, the prinary drive was (and remains hdda) slave drive was partitioned as hdd1 through hdd6. The work included installing a CD R/W and the techie installed it as hdd. The slave drive is now hdb. When I installed M9, I only put it on /, leaving /home and the swap as they had been in order under M8 to save the data on /home. So it that configuration the cause of the inability to find /joe/home? Or am I off the mark? Can you suggest how I can fix the problem? TIA I don't know if it will help but we'll try. It sounds like when they installed your burner, they scrambled the location of your partitions. As root do the following. Type 'dmesg' in console. This will give you your exact location of harddrives,cd and burner. Still in console, type 'df -t'. This will give you the location of your partitions. Have a look at /etc/fstab. Does fstab agree with df -t? If not, you can edit fstab with vi. Now if that scares the hell out of you, identify exactly where your /home partition is, re-install ML9 leaving /home untouched. This will also re-establish your X-server (plus give you support for the new burner if you didn't have one before). Good luck and let us know how you make out. Spence Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?
At 05:35 PM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote: I don't know if it will help but we'll try. It sounds like when they installed your burner, they scrambled the location of your partitions. As root do the following. Type 'dmesg' in console. Can't do that. Please keep in mind that attempts to boot are not completed. I never get to past the login prompt. Or am I missing something? Is what you describe something that can be done by interrupting booting at some point before that? Thanks, Joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?
On October 24, 2002 05:58 pm, Joe Harkins wrote: At 05:35 PM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote: I don't know if it will help but we'll try. It sounds like when they installed your burner, they scrambled the location of your partitions. As root do the following. Type 'dmesg' in console. Can't do that. Please keep in mind that attempts to boot are not completed. I never get to past the login prompt. Or am I missing something? Is what you describe something that can be done by interrupting booting at some point before that? Thanks, Joe You can do all of it from the login prompt. When you have the prompt, login as root. Keep in mind that you don't have X so you're automatically in console . Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?
At 06:05 PM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote: You can do all of it from the login prompt. When you have the prompt, login as root. Keep in mind that you don't have X so you're automatically in console . here's what I get: localhost login: root password: (pw entered) [rootlocalhost root]# (long list of lines, none of which mention hard drives, cd, burner or at least nothing that I recognize as such) followed by: [rootlocalhost root]# dmesg (enter) -bash: df-t: command not found [rootlocalhost root]# By the way, please tell me how to shut down from the root or local prompt without turning off the machine. I've tried quit, exit, q and a whole bunch of familiar shutdown hoepfuls, none of which work. Anyway, as you can see, I'm either not understanding what you are suggesting and not following your advice correctly or something else is happening that isn't supposed to. Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?
On October 24, 2002 06:35 pm, Joe Harkins wrote: At 06:05 PM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote: You can do all of it from the login prompt. When you have the prompt, login as root. Keep in mind that you don't have X so you're automatically in console . here's what I get: localhost login: root password: (pw entered) [rootlocalhost root]# (long list of lines, none of which mention hard drives, cd, burner or at least nothing that I recognize as such) followed by: [rootlocalhost root]# dmesg (enter) -bash: df-t: command not found [rootlocalhost root]# By the way, please tell me how to shut down from the root or local prompt without turning off the machine. I've tried quit, exit, q and a whole bunch of familiar shutdown hoepfuls, none of which work. Anyway, as you can see, I'm either not understanding what you are suggesting and not following your advice correctly or something else is happening that isn't supposed to. Thanks Alt/Ctrl Backspace should get you back to login. While in root, try startx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?
They will be listed as hda through hdd -- it'll look something like: hda: Maxtor 90645D3, ATA DISK drive hdb: MAXTOR 4K060H3, ATA DISK drive hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6302B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdd: MAXTOR 4K060H3, ATA DISK drive By the way, it's 'df -T' (with a space between the 'df' and the '-T'). The output of this will look something like: FilesystemType 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 ext2 1027768129432846128 14% / none tmpfs 321448 0321448 0% /dev/shm /dev/hdb1 reiserfs58631516 8326104 50305412 15% /home /dev/hdd1 reiserfs58631516 30413992 28217524 52% /isos /dev/hda6 reiserfs 3068280 2593576474704 85% /usr /dev/hda7 reiserfs 1662640131240 1531400 8% /var Type in 'shutdown -h now' (and yes, there is a space between 'shutdown' and '-h' and '-h' and 'now'.) to shutdown your computer. Depending on your security level, you may have to be logged in as root to do so. Michael -- Michael Viron Project Manager / Primary Developer / Manager of Online Operations General Education Online At 09:35 PM 10/24/2002 -0400, you wrote: At 06:05 PM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote: You can do all of it from the login prompt. When you have the prompt, login as root. Keep in mind that you don't have X so you're automatically in console . here's what I get: localhost login: root password: (pw entered) [rootlocalhost root]# (long list of lines, none of which mention hard drives, cd, burner or at least nothing that I recognize as such) followed by: [rootlocalhost root]# dmesg (enter) -bash: df-t: command not found [rootlocalhost root]# By the way, please tell me how to shut down from the root or local prompt without turning off the machine. I've tried quit, exit, q and a whole bunch of familiar shutdown hoepfuls, none of which work. Anyway, as you can see, I'm either not understanding what you are suggesting and not following your advice correctly or something else is happening that isn't supposed to. Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?
On October 24, 2002 06:35 pm, Joe Harkins wrote: At 06:05 PM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote: You can do all of it from the login prompt. When you have the prompt, login as root. Keep in mind that you don't have X so you're automatically in console . here's what I get: localhost login: root password: (pw entered) [rootlocalhost root]# (long list of lines, none of which mention hard drives, cd, burner or at least nothing that I recognize as such) followed by: [rootlocalhost root]# dmesg (enter) -bash: df-t: command not found [rootlocalhost root]# By the way, please tell me how to shut down from the root or local prompt without turning off the machine. I've tried quit, exit, q and a whole bunch of familiar shutdown hoepfuls, none of which work. Anyway, as you can see, I'm either not understanding what you are suggesting and not following your advice correctly or something else is happening that isn't supposed to. Thanks I stand corrected. 'Exit should return you to login. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?
On Friday 25 Oct 2002 2:35 pm, Joe Harkins wrote: snip By the way, please tell me how to shut down from the root or local prompt without turning off the machine. I've tried quit, exit, q and a whole bunch of familiar shutdown hoepfuls, none of which work. To shutdown, at the prompt just type: halt enter To reboot type: reboot enter Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?
snip By the way, please tell me how to shut down from the root or local prompt without turning off the machine. I've tried quit, exit, q and a whole bunch of familiar shutdown hoepfuls, none of which work. Anyway, as you can see, I'm either not understanding what you are suggesting and not following your advice correctly or something else is happening that isn't supposed to. Thanks To shutdown, try typing shutdown now Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?
On October 24, 2002 06:52 pm, Michael Viron wrote: They will be listed as hda through hdd -- it'll look something like: hda: Maxtor 90645D3, ATA DISK drive hdb: MAXTOR 4K060H3, ATA DISK drive hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6302B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdd: MAXTOR 4K060H3, ATA DISK drive By the way, it's 'df -T' (with a space between the 'df' and the '-T'). The output of this will look something like: Oh sigh. I keep forgetting if that option is upper or lower case. Thanks;) FilesystemType 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 ext2 1027768129432846128 14% / none tmpfs 321448 0321448 0% /dev/shm /dev/hdb1 reiserfs58631516 8326104 50305412 15% /home /dev/hdd1 reiserfs58631516 30413992 28217524 52% /isos /dev/hda6 reiserfs 3068280 2593576474704 85% /usr /dev/hda7 reiserfs 1662640131240 1531400 8% /var Type in 'shutdown -h now' (and yes, there is a space between 'shutdown' and '-h' and '-h' and 'now'.) to shutdown your computer. Depending on your security level, you may have to be logged in as root to do so. Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
