Re: rm -rf .* alternatives (was: Re: I broke gnome2 *snff*)

2003-10-27 Thread Georg Nikodym
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 14:10:01 + "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 03:28:36PM +0100, Colin Watson > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 11:36:25PM +0930, David Purton wrote: > > > > Sadly no, I neglected to say that I could not get things

Re: rm -rf .* alternatives (was: Re: I broke gnome2 *snff*)

2003-10-26 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 07:46:05PM +0100, David Jardine wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 10:12:18AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 02:10:01PM +, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > on Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 03:28:36PM +0100, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > On F

Re: rm -rf .* alternatives (was: Re: I broke gnome2 *snff*)

2003-10-26 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 02:10:01PM +, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 03:28:36PM +0100, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 11:36:25PM +0930, David Purton wrote: > > > > Sadly no, I neglected to say that I could not get things to work even > > >

Re: rm -rf .* alternatives (was: Re: I broke gnome2 *snff*)

2003-10-26 Thread David Jardine
On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 10:12:18AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 02:10:01PM +, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 03:28:36PM +0100, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 11:36:25PM +0930, David Purton wrote: > > > > > >

Re: rm -rf .* alternatives (was: Re: I broke gnome2 *snff*)

2003-10-26 Thread Jason Lunz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Other tips? use zsh: [orr](0) % zsh [orr](0) % touch .foo [orr](0) % echo .* .foo [orr](0) % bash bash-2.05b$ echo .* . .. .foo Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

rm -rf .* alternatives (was: Re: I broke gnome2 *snff*)

2003-10-26 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 03:28:36PM +0100, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 11:36:25PM +0930, David Purton wrote: > > Sadly no, I neglected to say that I could not get things to work even > > using a test account and doing an rm -rf .* in $HOME. > > Just in case ot

Re: I broke gnome2 *snff*

2003-10-24 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 11:36:25PM +0930, David Purton wrote: > On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 10:31:46AM +0100, Anim Asante wrote: > > This has worked for me before when I ran into similar problems. > > There is a file in your home directory called .xsession_error or > > something like that. If your dele

Re: I broke gnome2 *snff*

2003-10-24 Thread David Purton
On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 11:05:21PM +1000, Robert William Hutton wrote: > David Purton wrote: > >In a foolish endeavour to get gnome 2.4 on my testing machine > >(previously had 2.2 pulled from unstable) I downloaded a stack of debs > >an installed them. > > > >Sadly now gnome-session gets as far as

Re: I broke gnome2 *snff*

2003-10-24 Thread David Purton
On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 10:31:46AM +0100, Anim Asante wrote: > > This has worked for me before when I ran into similar > problems. There is a file in your home directory > called .xsession_error or something like that. If your > delete it, log off and back on again it may fix your > problem. Like

Re: I broke gnome2 *snff*

2003-10-24 Thread Robert William Hutton
David Purton wrote: In a foolish endeavour to get gnome 2.4 on my testing machine (previously had 2.2 pulled from unstable) I downloaded a stack of debs an installed them. Sadly now gnome-session gets as far as its splash screen before hanging and I have to ctrl+alt+backspace my way out of trouble.

Re: I broke gnome2 *snff*

2003-10-24 Thread Anim Asante
--- David Purton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello debian-users > > In a foolish endeavour to get gnome 2.4 on my > testing machine > (previously had 2.2 pulled from unstable) I > downloaded a stack of debs > an installed them. > > Sadly now gnome-session gets as far as its splash > screen befo

I broke gnome2 *snff*

2003-10-24 Thread David Purton
Hello debian-users In a foolish endeavour to get gnome 2.4 on my testing machine (previously had 2.2 pulled from unstable) I downloaded a stack of debs an installed them. Sadly now gnome-session gets as far as its splash screen before hanging and I have to ctrl+alt+backspace my way out of trouble