Re: [gentoo-user] formating a partition

2003-11-23 Thread Roger Hawley
--- Jason Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 24 November 2003 13:05, Chris wrote: > > thanks Jason for all your help so far > > > > what command should I use > > > > i.e. > > fdisk /dev/hdb > > p > > v > > w > > Jason > You're a better man than I, Jasn B. Stubbs. :) > -- > [EMAIL P

Re: [gentoo-user] XFCE and rc.conf

2003-11-20 Thread Roger Hawley
--- steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try adding xfce to the list of options in > > /usr/kde/3.1/share/config/kdm/kdmrc > > Here's the relevant line in my file where I had to > add it: > > SessionTypes=Gnome,Xsession,afterstep,enlightenment,fluxbox,icewm,kde-3.1.3 > ,kde-3.1.4,openbox,wmaker,x

[gentoo-user] problem at bootup

2003-03-25 Thread Roger Hawley
Upon booting this morning I got: *mounting /proc... rm: cannot remove '/dev/.devfs': operation not permitted *activating swap... *remounting root filesystem read-only (if necessary) *checking root filesystem fsck.ext3: no such file or directory while trying to open /dev/hdb3 /dev/hdb3: (superblock

Re: [gentoo-user] can't logon to kde/gnome

2003-02-09 Thread Roger Hawley
On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 17:28:04 -0500 Ernie Schroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > DISPLAYMANAGER=kdm # Make sure this line is uncommented (xdm should > work as > # well) Hmm, as I recall, I did play w/ this earlier and may have commented it out. I'll have a look. I default to the console and not to

Re: [gentoo-user] can't logon to kde/gnome

2003-02-09 Thread Roger Hawley
On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 14:44:07 -0500 Ernie Schroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what if you log in as user and do "startx"? that might tell you > something...if that fails post back to the list and attach > /var/log/XFree86.0.log and /etc/rc.conf There were 2 errors in my /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 fil

[gentoo-user] can't logon to kde/gnome

2003-02-09 Thread Roger Hawley
After doing some upgrades I can no longer logon to kde or gnome. Prior to upgrades everything was ok, but when I rebooted things changed. I boot to runlevel 3 and type kdm or gdm which brings up the logon window. But no matter which session (kde3.1, 3.0.5a or gnome) I chose, the screen goes black