richard rjsad wrote: > big problem,need some help i am running a dual boot win/ubuntu, when i > boot ubuntu and try to sign in this is the message on screen > > gdm could not write to your authorisation file this could mean that you > are out of disk space or that your home dir could not be opened for > writing,in any case it is not possible you log in.please contact your > administrator, i need a administrater > how do i get it up and running the only thing that i might have caused > this was when i last used it, i was trying to find out how to do a > backup of the files on it, any help to get me up and running would be > much appreciated
like Michele said, first thing is to spin up a Live CD distribution or a LiveUSB bootable stick and take a look at the hard disk to see if the partition is full. If you can wait till Tuesday bring it to the meeting ! Phil _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro