Like the old adage about how you find the auto mechanic in the neighborhood.... look for the worst car. *grin*
James PS. Never refer to a doctor as a biological hacker (or a Bio Technician).... they don't understand... (But the Nurses seem to.) On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 10:05, Jack Coates wrote: > Well, it's only useful within the realm of those computer things which > are inherently non-useful, so the paradigm is safe :-) > > Though mine's been quieter since I pointed out that our friend the > construction contractor is a house hacker instead of a computer hacker, > and his wife has to deal with holes in the floors and walls, power and > plumbing that might not work from day to day, near-continuous painting > projects... :-) > > On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 09:39, James Sparenberg wrote: > > Just don't tell my wife I did something useful .... She'll never believe > > it *grin*.... Glad it worked. > > > > James > > > > > > On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 05:05, Mark Weaver wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Mark Weaver wrote: > > > | James Sparenberg wrote: > > > | > > > |> Mark > > > |> > > > |> Getting this information might help you or us in troubleshooting the > > > |> problem. > > > |> 1. what dm do you use kdm or gdm (kde or gnome) or somthing completely > > > |> different. > > > |> 2. as root cd to /var/log/ then do > > > |> tail -f XFree86.0.log (yours might be 1 or 2 but for most is 0.) > > > |> > > > |> Then put a bunch of ++++++ or some other symbol across the screen (to > > > |> mark what's new vs old) and try to start an x session using startx . > > > |> Enclose this output and about the last 20 lines of what startx spits out > > > |> when it dies. Also look at the last few lines of /var/log/messages to > > > |> see if it has any info. > > > |> > > > |> My guess to the problem is. > > > |> > > > |> 1. It forgot what kind of mouse you have. > > > |> 2. xfs (X font server) isn't running, or is dieing immediately. > > > |> 3. /tmp might have lost a couple of files and this really messes things > > > |> up. > > > |> 4. The linux gods have decided to keep you busy over the holidays *grin* > > > |> > > > |> > > > |> James > > > | > > > | > > > | Awesome James... As soon as I've got all these goodies I'll post back to > > > | the list. Thanks! :) > > > | > > > | Mark > > > > > > James, > > > > > > I figured it out. Thanks for the good tips. You got me looking in the > > > right direction. I had forgotten that the other I had started doing > > > updates with the update manager and had to kill the process. some of > > > those packages were kde packages and kde got hosed. Along with most of > > > the file ownership of my home dir. > > > > > > Once I got KDE fixed the rest was a snap. All is well with the world > > > again and I *won't* be spending the holidays Mandrakeless or scurrying > > > about my system with a silly clueless look on my mug tryin to figure out > > > why its broken. :) > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > > > iD8DBQE+BbidJuZ1geTzHgERAh+fAKDzqK92EcVInDUZ7xXIj97gJ/evNQCdHUgt > > > nwe7finV1fchjVbWz0LSUGo= > > > =rKYT > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > ---- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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