G'day... > Last of all, the problem I'm having is that the system boots > up and loads everything OK (except one of the 2 NIC's). It > is set to boot into GNOME, but can't. The screen just flashes > grey, black, grey. The hard drive continues to click away. > Occassionally I see localuser login: and by waiting patiently > each time the screen comes up for a few seconds I can manage > to login as localuser user. I can't get into the root > directory. Once I saw an error message saying that there was > a font missing.
My company is based in Waterloo and charges start at $99/hour. (I'm their Linux nut.) However, if it's just started happening out of the blue, then hardware failure may be the culprit. I'm another one that'd recommend looking into it yourself than paying a fee to someone else only for yourself to remain unenlightened. Fortune favours the brave. :) My suggestion: Switch to one of the text-based virtual consoles (ctrl-alt-F1 for example). Back-up your important data using tar (tar and gzip - can be done in one swoop - see the tar man pages and the many web pages on how to use tar). Copy them to another hard drive OR use something like the Mepis or Ubuntu live CD's to burn them to CD. Re-install. Whilst somewhat time consuming, the above method is a sure to work provided your hardware isn't faulty. Even though it can take some time to re-install you can do other things whilst you wait, and it may be quicker than trying to figure out what has gone wrong. (I'm quite sure there's a number on this list that may disagree with me. The point is that you recreate the machine the same as it was before it started playing up.) *However*, before you do all this you may wish to check dmesg and the various logs to see if the right hardware was detected in the first place. It's also quite possible (and quite likely) that there's been some mix up in your video card and/or monitor specifications of XFree86Config. Have you tried changing these or your screen resolution lately? (Or something like not having the right fonts as you've mentioned earlier. Have you made an changes this way lately?) Regards, Michael Kraus Software Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Direct Line 02 8306 0007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wild Technology Pty Ltd , ABN 98 091 470 692 Sales - Ground Floor, 265/8 Lachlan Street, Waterloo NSW 2017 Admin - Level 4 Tiara, 306/9 Crystal Street, Waterloo NSW 2017 Telephone 1300-13-9453 | Facsimile 1300-88-9453 http://www.wildtechnology.net DISCLAIMER & CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this email message and any attachments may be confidential information and may also be the subject of client legal - legal professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. This email and any attachments are also subject to copyright. No part of them may be reproduced, adapted or transmitted without the written permission of the copyright owner. If you have received this email in error, please immediately advise the sender by return email and delete the message from your system. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
