locked out of root privileges(SL5.2)?

2011-01-04 Thread Salvador Aguinaga
Hello, I a small foot-print SL installation that runs very well, but today I tried to make some changes at the root level and I'm locked out of these privileges. for example: If I change to root, and try to change .bashrc it tells me that I can't change the file. that the file is readonly. if I

Re: locked out of root privileges(SL5.2)?

2011-01-04 Thread Salvador Aguinaga
Allow me to add: if I use the -m to my 'adduser' it tells me that those users already exist! > Äroot§vaultaire homeÜ# useradd -c "Harp user" -m harpadmin useradd: user harpadmin exists On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Salvador Aguinaga < salvador.aguin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I a

Re: locked out of root privileges(SL5.2)?

2011-01-04 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 04.01.2011 15:53, schrieb Salvador Aguinaga: > Hello, > > I a small foot-print SL installation that runs very well, but today I > tried to make some changes at the > root level and I'm locked out of these privileges. Did you really became root? Did you do a "su -" or how did you try to become

Re: locked out of root privileges(SL5.2)?

2011-01-04 Thread Salvador Aguinaga
Thank you Frank: I went to root via: > su Password: Listed the bashrc and then tried to change the permissions as you suggested: > Äroot§vaultaire sluserÜ# ls -l .bashrc -rw-r--r-- 1 sluser sluser 1143 Nov 4 14:03 .bashrc Äroot§vaultaire sluserÜ# Äroot§vaultaire sluserÜ# Äroot§vaultaire

Re: locked out of root privileges(SL5.2)?

2011-01-04 Thread Salvador Aguinaga
typo: I retried the command correctly typed: [r...@vaultaire sluser]# chmod u+w .bashrc chmod: changing permissions of `.bashrc': Read-only file system On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Salvador Aguinaga < salvador.aguin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Frank: > > I went to root via: > >> su > >

Re: locked out of root privileges(SL5.2)?

2011-01-04 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 04.01.2011 16:18, schrieb Salvador Aguinaga: > I retried the command correctly typed: > > [r...@vaultaire sluser]# chmod u+w .bashrc > chmod: changing permissions of `.bashrc': Read-only file system Oh... Looks like your FS is not mounted with rw-right - This would at least explain the issues y

Re: locked out of root privileges(SL5.2)?

2011-01-04 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 04.01.2011 16:17, schrieb Salvador Aguinaga: > And the funky character set is fixed, that not an issue! The main > problem persists What was the reason for just for the records? Thanks, Frank

Re: EVO video with nvidia drivers

2011-01-04 Thread Devin Bougie
Thanks for the suggestion, Akemi and Mark. When I try to use the ELRepo packages, kmod-nvidia conflicts with module-init-tools. Devin -- [r...@lnx226 ~]# yum --enablerepo=elrepo install nvidia-x11-drv nvidia-x11-drv-32bit Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror, kernel-module, prioriti

Re: EVO video with nvidia drivers

2011-01-04 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Devin Bougie wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion, Akemi and Mark.  When I try to use the ELRepo > packages, kmod-nvidia conflicts with module-init-tools. > > Devin The module-init-tools version on your system has a bug as detailed here: http://elrepo.org/tiki/Upda

Re: locked out of root privileges(SL5.2)?

2011-01-04 Thread g
On 01/04/2011 03:17 PM, Salvador Aguinaga wrote: > chmod: changing permissions of `.bashrc': Read-only file system this is telling you than your system is mounting as a "Read-only file system" and you can not write to a "read-only" system. therefore; 1st: boot system, check "/etc/fstab" to see

Re: EVO video with nvidia drivers

2011-01-04 Thread Devin Bougie
On Jan 4, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Devin Bougie mailto:devin.bou...@cornell.edu>> wrote: Thanks for the suggestion, Akemi and Mark. When I try to use the ELRepo packages, kmod-nvidia conflicts with module-init-tools. The module-init-tools version on y

Re: locked out of root privileges(SL5.2)?

2011-01-04 Thread Salvador Aguinaga
Thank you every one ... I think I have enough leads to figure out this issue from here. I appreciate your help and leads very much. Frank: I was connecting to my host over ssh and all I did was close out my terminal window on Mac OS, start a new one and the funky characters went away. // Sal

Re: EVO video with nvidia drivers

2011-01-04 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Devin Bougie wrote: > On Jan 4, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > You need to update module-init-tools to the current version which has > the bug fixed. Either that or install the one provided by ELRepo. > yum --disablerepo \* --enablerepo elrepo update module

Re: locked out of root privileges(SL5.2)?

2011-01-04 Thread g
On 01/04/2011 05:06 PM, Salvador Aguinaga wrote: > Thank you every one ... you are welcome. > I think I have enough leads to figure out this issue from here. hope that you do. when you find problem, please post back to list so that all may know what solution you found. also, instead of startin

Scientific Linux 5.5 x86_64 Eclipse problems

2011-01-04 Thread Steven Leikeim
Happy New Year everyone. We are having a problem with the Eclipse IDE (eclipse-platform-3.2.1-19.el5.x86_64) in that it is not starting correctly. When we start Eclipse, doesn't matter if it's started from the command line or Window Manger Menu, we get the message: An error has occured

Re: EVO video with nvidia drivers

2011-01-04 Thread Devin Bougie
On Jan 4, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > The module-init-tools version on your system has a bug as detailed here: > http://elrepo.org/tiki/Update > You need to update module-init-tools to the current version which has > the bug fixed. I've now found this updated version in the sl-fastbugs

Re: locked out of root privileges(SL5.2)?

2011-01-04 Thread john h outlan
Hello evryone. I use sl6 for work as a desktop. I have to have sound. I get very very low sound and no userspace adjustments like pcm etc will change it. Its on a dell precision m6500 laptop. Love the distro so can anyone help me? Sent from T-Mobile G2, please excuse any typos On Jan 4, 2011 12:37

Re: locked out of root privileges(SL5.2)?

2011-01-04 Thread g
On 01/04/2011 08:38 PM, john h outlan wrote: > Hello evryone. I use sl6 for work as a desktop. I have to have sound. I > get very very low sound and no userspace adjustments like pcm etc will > change it. Its on a dell precision m6500 laptop. Love the distro so can > anyone help me? john, break

Sound Problem....SL6 Alpha

2011-01-04 Thread john h outlan
I use linux in a work environment, mainly for data security reasons. I've used Linux since around 1997 or so. Question: I need to have sound functioning for work. After a HD install, I get sound on SL6, but at a very low volume. No userspace adjustments will change it such as setting PCM all t