Hi! > looks like your utmp file is mangled. the easiest way is to just wipe it > out entirely. (try as root: "> /var/run/utmp") it's also possible to > fix the utmp file by manipulating it's contents - depending on the number > of users on your system this may be better, or simply wiping the utmp > immediately before rebooting.
I rebooted and now it works fine. Looks like the boot process deletes everything in /var/run/. But I don't like rebooting, and I'm pissed of that this was the only solution. I tried deleting the utmp file and creating it again but the problem persisted. Whatever... :-) Salutacions, Pere ---- __o Ultima Ratio Regum 2:343/108.91 ----- _`\<;_ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available --- (_)/ (_) http://casal.upc.es/~pere/