[newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

2002-10-24 Thread Joe Harkins
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

Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

2002-10-24 Thread Todd Slater
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

Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

2002-10-24 Thread Joe Harkins
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

Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

2002-10-24 Thread Todd Slater
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

Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

2002-10-24 Thread Spencer
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

Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

2002-10-24 Thread Joe Harkins
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

Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

2002-10-24 Thread Spencer
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

Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

2002-10-24 Thread Joe Harkins
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

Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

2002-10-24 Thread Spencer
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

Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

2002-10-24 Thread Michael Viron
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

Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

2002-10-24 Thread Spencer
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

Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

2002-10-24 Thread Sharrea
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:

Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

2002-10-24 Thread Robert Delaporte
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

Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

2002-10-24 Thread Spencer
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