Re: Can't boot after an update

2009-05-25 Thread DB
Sorry all, hit "send" too quick & forgot to change the subject line (again!) Mea maxima culpa. Dave Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 00:39:34 -0700 From: "Wolfgang S. Rupprecht" Subject: Re: Can't boot after an update To: fedora-list@redhat.com Message-ID: &l

Re: Can't boot after an update

2009-05-25 Thread Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
DB writes: > I'm now trying to find a script that will clean /tmp automatically on > a regular basis. (I think part of the backlog is due to the switch > from Gnome to KDE) I clean my /tmp on each orderly shutdown. That way if the system crashes, my /tmp is preserved but when I do a reboot, it

Re: Can't boot after an update

2009-05-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 24 May 2009 21:36:12 DB wrote: > > Message: 13 Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 00:39:39 +0200 From: Kevin Kofler > > Subject: Re: Can't boot after an update To: > > fedora-list@redhat.com Message-ID: > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii DB wrote:

Re: Can't boot after an update

2009-05-24 Thread DB
Message: 13 Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 00:39:39 +0200 From: Kevin Kofler Subject: Re: Can't boot after an update To: fedora-list@redhat.com Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii DB wrote: > Got myself to a CLI, logged on as root, edited inittab to start in level >

Re: [Bulk] Re: Can't boot after an update

2009-05-24 Thread DB
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 23 May 2009 20:41:16 DB wrote: Anyone got any thoughts as to what might have happened & how I might get past this %&&(%$$ login?? Many thanks (again) for any help Unlikely as it seems, it looks as though something has messed up your /home ownership. Use

Re: Can't boot after an update

2009-05-23 Thread Kevin Kofler
DB wrote: > Got myself to a CLI, logged on as root, edited inittab to start in level > 3. Login under my normal username is accepted, try startx, screen > flashes some text (something about authority, I think from the bit I can > see), screen goes black then comes back to the CLI with several repe

Can't boot after an update

2009-05-23 Thread DB
Evening All - at least here in Austria it's evening! On my other machine, I have Fedora10 (preupgraded from a clean F9), initially working with Gnome, but since January happily running KDE. For months now, no problems. Until yesterday evening! Applied the recommended updates with Yumex