Re: deleted /tmp ruined X, how to recover?

2000-10-28 Thread Benjamin F. Zhou
Bryan, thanks a lot for reply. I tried to set the permission to the new /tmp to 777. startx as root, still get the same result. the error msg are as followed: _Font TransSocketUNIXConnect - can't connect:error=111 failed to set default path 'unix/:-1' Fatal server error could not open default font

Re: deleted /tmp ruined X, how to recover?

2000-10-28 Thread Benjamin F. Zhou
Bryan, thanks a lot for reply. I tried to set the permission to the new /tmp to 777. startx as root, still get the same result. the error msg are as followed: _Font TransSocketUNIXConnect - can't connect:error=111 failed to set default path 'unix/:-1' Fatal server error could not open default fon

Re: deleted /tmp ruined X, how to recover?

2000-10-28 Thread Bryan K. Walton
Recreate /tmp and make sure that the permissions are set correctly so that users other than root can read the directory. -Bryan On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 04:28:21PM -0400, Benjamin F. Zhou wrote: > Hi, > > I got a message saying the file system on which /tmp is located is full. > > Thinking /t

Re: which glibc do I have?

2000-10-28 Thread Jim Ray
Did you run it with -check? Here are the results if you are running stable. Checking which OS you're running... uname reports 'Linux' version '2.2.16-storm', architecture 'i586'. Object format is 'ELF'. libc version is '6.1'. Binary distribution name is 'Linux-ix86-glibc21' On Sat, Oct 28, 2

Re: which glibc do I have?

2000-10-28 Thread Benjamin F. Zhou
I did run it, but it only complete without saying anything. thanks Ben On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Jim Ray wrote: > On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 04:48:52PM -0400, Benjamin F. Zhou wrote: > > Hi > > > > to download the right XFree86, I need to know which glibc I have on my > > linux, 20 > > or 21. > > Ho

Re: which glibc do I have?

2000-10-28 Thread Jim Ray
On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 04:48:52PM -0400, Benjamin F. Zhou wrote: > Hi > > to download the right XFree86, I need to know which glibc I have on my linux, > 20 > or 21. > How can I find out which one I have? In XFree86's FTP there is an Xinstall.sh that will tell you which version you need to downl

which glibc do I have?

2000-10-28 Thread Benjamin F. Zhou
Hi to download the right XFree86, I need to know which glibc I have on my linux, 20 or 21. How can I find out which one I have? thanks Ben

deleted /tmp ruined X, how to recover?

2000-10-28 Thread Benjamin F. Zhou
Hi, I got a message saying the file system on which /tmp is located is full. Thinking /tmp contains only temperary files, I deleted them all. But after that I can no longer start X. I can still run Xconfigurator and configured successfully. But startx keeps failing. what should I reinstall? I wa

Re: deleted /tmp ruined X, how to recover?

2000-10-28 Thread Bryan K. Walton
Recreate /tmp and make sure that the permissions are set correctly so that users other than root can read the directory. -Bryan On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 04:28:21PM -0400, Benjamin F. Zhou wrote: > Hi, > > I got a message saying the file system on which /tmp is located is full. > > Thinking /

Re: slink->potato, then X missed scan freq

2000-10-28 Thread Heather
> [my apologies to the owner, but i don't want to subscribe to a list for > a (i hope stupid) question...] > [[so, i'm not subscribed, reply please in private]] Don't worry, you've been cc'd. > I've upgraded from slink to potato my portable computer, a CompaQ LTE > 5280. > > Then X missed comp

Re: which glibc do I have?

2000-10-28 Thread Jim Ray
Did you run it with -check? Here are the results if you are running stable. Checking which OS you're running... uname reports 'Linux' version '2.2.16-storm', architecture 'i586'. Object format is 'ELF'. libc version is '6.1'. Binary distribution name is 'Linux-ix86-glibc21' On Sat, Oct 28,

Re: which glibc do I have?

2000-10-28 Thread Benjamin F. Zhou
I did run it, but it only complete without saying anything. thanks Ben On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Jim Ray wrote: > On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 04:48:52PM -0400, Benjamin F. Zhou wrote: > > Hi > > > > to download the right XFree86, I need to know which glibc I have on my linux, 20 > > or 21. > > How ca

Re: which glibc do I have?

2000-10-28 Thread Jim Ray
On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 04:48:52PM -0400, Benjamin F. Zhou wrote: > Hi > > to download the right XFree86, I need to know which glibc I have on my linux, 20 > or 21. > How can I find out which one I have? In XFree86's FTP there is an Xinstall.sh that will tell you which version you need to downloa

which glibc do I have?

2000-10-28 Thread Benjamin F. Zhou
Hi to download the right XFree86, I need to know which glibc I have on my linux, 20 or 21. How can I find out which one I have? thanks Ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

deleted /tmp ruined X, how to recover?

2000-10-28 Thread Benjamin F. Zhou
Hi, I got a message saying the file system on which /tmp is located is full. Thinking /tmp contains only temperary files, I deleted them all. But after that I can no longer start X. I can still run Xconfigurator and configured successfully. But startx keeps failing. what should I reinstall? I w

Re: new 'linux-laptop' list

2000-10-28 Thread edo79
** Original Message ** Werner Heuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > >since the `linux-laptop` list provided by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >doesn't seem available anymore, MobiliX offers a new list now. > > > >You may subscribe via the `linux-laptop` subscription page: > >http://mo

Re: slink->potato, then X missed scan freq

2000-10-28 Thread Heather
> [my apologies to the owner, but i don't want to subscribe to a list for > a (i hope stupid) question...] > [[so, i'm not subscribed, reply please in private]] Don't worry, you've been cc'd. > I've upgraded from slink to potato my portable computer, a CompaQ LTE > 5280. > > Then X missed com

Re: slink->potato, then X missed scan freq

2000-10-28 Thread edo78
** Original Message ** Marco Gaiarin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >[my apologies to the owner, but i don't want to subscribe to a list for > >a (i hope stupid) question...] > >[[so, i'm not subscribed, reply please in private]] > > > > > >I've upgraded from slink to potato my po

slink->potato, then X missed scan freq

2000-10-28 Thread Marco Gaiarin
[my apologies to the owner, but i don't want to subscribe to a list for a (i hope stupid) question...] [[so, i'm not subscribed, reply please in private]] I've upgraded from slink to potato my portable computer, a CompaQ LTE 5280. Then X missed completely the scan frequencies (displaying strang

Re: new 'linux-laptop' list

2000-10-28 Thread edo79
** Original Message ** Werner Heuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > >since the `linux-laptop` list provided by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >doesn't seem available anymore, MobiliX offers a new list now. > > > >You may subscribe via the `linux-laptop` subscription page: > >http://m

Re: slink->potato, then X missed scan freq

2000-10-28 Thread edo78
** Original Message ** Marco Gaiarin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >[my apologies to the owner, but i don't want to subscribe to a list for > >a (i hope stupid) question...] > >[[so, i'm not subscribed, reply please in private]] > > > > > >I've upgraded from slink to potato my p

slink->potato, then X missed scan freq

2000-10-28 Thread Marco Gaiarin
[my apologies to the owner, but i don't want to subscribe to a list for a (i hope stupid) question...] [[so, i'm not subscribed, reply please in private]] I've upgraded from slink to potato my portable computer, a CompaQ LTE 5280. Then X missed completely the scan frequencies (displaying stran