Re: blackbox inaccessible

2001-08-07 Thread Jan Schaumann
xOr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Jan Schaumann wrote: > > See, and I've learned something about different shells now. Apparently, > > bash and (t)csh don't like "#!/bin/sh" in an echo, while ksh doesn't > > mind. I forgot

Re: Shell stuff was (blackbox inaccessible)

2001-08-07 Thread nicolas delon
Jamin Collins wrote: > > Jan Schaumann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > See, and I've learned something about different shells now. > > Apparently, bash and (t)csh don't like "#!/bin/sh" in an > > echo, while ksh doesn't mind. I forgot that "!" is a > > special character (history) in other

Re: blackbox inaccessible

2001-08-07 Thread xOr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Jan Schaumann wrote: > gino peregrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 07 August 2001 14:17, Jan Schaumann wrote: > > > $> su > > > $> echo -e "#!/bin/sh\n\nexec /usr/bin/blackbox" > > > I had to edit the command a little

Shell stuff was (blackbox inaccessible)

2001-08-07 Thread Jamin Collins
Jan Schaumann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > See, and I've learned something about different shells now. > Apparently, bash and (t)csh don't like "#!/bin/sh" in an > echo, while ksh doesn't mind. I forgot that "!" is a > special character (history) in other shells - now how does > one D

Re: blackbox inaccessible

2001-08-07 Thread Jan Schaumann
gino peregrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 07 August 2001 14:17, Jan Schaumann wrote: > > $> su > > $> echo -e "#!/bin/sh\n\nexec /usr/bin/blackbox" > I had to edit the command a little. My shell didn't want the ! and there > was extra new-line. > > I really appreciate the help from

Re: blackbox inaccessible

2001-08-07 Thread gino peregrini
On Tuesday 07 August 2001 14:17, Jan Schaumann wrote: > $> su > $> echo -e "#!/bin/sh\n\nexec /usr/bin/blackbox" > > /etc/gdm/Sessions/Blackbox $> chmod 0755 /etc/gdm/Sessions/Blackbox > $> exit > > Restart gdm - it should now let you choose "Blackbox" as a session in > the "Sessions" menu. When

Re: blackbox inaccessible

2001-08-07 Thread Jan Schaumann
Jamin Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > gino peregrini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > [gino@hafiz Sessions]$ ls -l > > total 12 > > -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 2075 Jun 5 13:17 Gnome > > -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 44 Apr 3 14:32 KDE > > -rwxr-xr-x1 root

RE: blackbox inaccessible

2001-08-07 Thread Jamin Collins
gino peregrini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > I think what you sent will help, but I'm a greenhorn. Here's > my Sessions: > > [gino@hafiz Sessions]$ ls -l > total 12 > -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 2075 Jun 5 13:17 Gnome > -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 44 Apr 3 14:32 KDE

Re: blackbox inaccessible

2001-08-07 Thread gino peregrini
On Tuesday 07 August 2001 12:02, Jan Schaumann wrote: > gino peregrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I did that, and now I only get a Gnome session. > > Are you running any [k|g|x]dm? They tend to default to something like > that. gdm, for example, defaults to "Gnome". Check your > /etc/gdm/S

RE: blackbox inaccessible

2001-08-07 Thread Jamin Collins
Please read the entire post before sending your response. Jan Schaumann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > Are you running any [k|g|x]dm? Had you done this you would have noted his statement "I use the GDM." > They tend to default to something like > that. gdm, for example, defaults to "Gno

Re: blackbox inaccessible

2001-08-07 Thread Jan Schaumann
gino peregrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My ISP did not respond to a ping. Usually when it goes down, I have to reboot > my system. No, you don't. Pretty much the only time you *have* to reboot a Linux system is when you update the kernel. > I did that, and now I only get a Gnome session.

RE: blackbox inaccessible

2001-08-07 Thread Jamin Collins
gino peregrini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > My ISP did not respond to a ping. Usually when it goes down, > I have to reboot my system. I did that, and now I only get > a Gnome session. > > I am running RedHat 7.1 on two PCs served by a box running > RedHat 7.0. I use the GDM. Even when

blackbox inaccessible

2001-08-07 Thread gino peregrini
This morning, I logged on, Blackbox opened fine. Then I opened KMail, which had been working fine. But today, it crashed. I tried again, it crashed again. My ISP did not respond to a ping. Usually when it goes down, I have to reboot my system. I did that, and now I only get a Gnome session. I