Re: Wow did I screw up! How can I fix this?

2013-06-01 Thread jdow
What happens if you do this: dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/null count=100 bs=131072 Do you get errors? If not, your file system may be wiped out. If so, the disk is likely dead. If the dd worked then it's time to see if you can figure out if the filesystem is corrupted or the partition bytes messed up

Re: Wow did I screw up! How can I fix this?

2013-06-01 Thread Anthony
On 06/01/2013 10:00 PM, Rex Dieter wrote: > Anthony wrote: > >> A little while ago, I tried to install Google Earth. It told me >> there was a file conflict so I forced it. Then, I decided I >> didn't want it and uninstalled it. Now, my external USB hard disk >> isn't mounting and I can't make it

Re: Wow did I screw up! How can I fix this?

2013-06-01 Thread Anthony
On 06/01/2013 10:00 PM, Rex Dieter wrote: > Anthony wrote: > >> A little while ago, I tried to install Google Earth. It told me >> there was a file conflict so I forced it. Then, I decided I >> didn't want it and uninstalled it. Now, my external USB hard disk >> isn't mounting and I can't make it

Re: Wow did I screw up! How can I fix this?

2013-06-01 Thread Rex Dieter
Anthony wrote: > A little while ago, I tried to install Google Earth. It told me there > was a file conflict so I forced it. Then, I decided I didn't want it > and uninstalled it. Now, my external USB hard disk isn't mounting and > I can't make it mount at all. You could try: yum reinstall files

Re: Wow did I screw up! How can I fix this?

2013-06-01 Thread Anthony
On 06/01/2013 08:35 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: > > This kind of thing has happened to me rarely, both on Fedora and > Debian-based systems. *Almost* always, it's a permissions thing. > > Watch your logs as you plug in your usb drive. Was it recognized? > Is there something there saying that sdb (o

Re: Wow did I screw up! How can I fix this?

2013-06-01 Thread Bill Oliver
On Sat, 1 Jun 2013, Anthony wrote: A little while ago, I tried to install Google Earth. It told me there was a file conflict so I forced it. Then, I decided I didn't want it and uninstalled it. Now, my external USB hard disk isn't mounting and I can't make it mount at all. It used to be I'd lea

Wow did I screw up! How can I fix this?

2013-06-01 Thread Anthony
A little while ago, I tried to install Google Earth. It told me there was a file conflict so I forced it. Then, I decided I didn't want it and uninstalled it. Now, my external USB hard disk isn't mounting and I can't make it mount at all. It used to be I'd leave it plugged in and it would show up

Re: Gnome desktop issues

2013-06-01 Thread Anthony
On 05/30/2013 07:04 PM, Jeffrey Ross wrote: > How do I reset my desktop back to what was there on a fresh > install, or am I better off creating a new home directory and > simply moving my "known" files back? > > When I log in the screen flashes the icons (other accounts are > fine) and the CPU go

Help auto-loading a graphic all at boot

2013-06-01 Thread CDR
Dear Friends I have been unable to do something that should be very simple. I managed to auto-login a non-root user, into the graphic environment, by adding some information to /etc/gdm/custom.conf. But I need also to auto-launch a graphic app, in this case Chrome, and that proves elusive . I belie

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2013-06-01 Thread CDR
You are certainly right about the subject On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Hi, > > I don't have an answer, but next time, consider putting a subject > line. You will have greater chance of attracting answers: many of us > (and many mail servers also) suggest such e-mails a

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2013-06-01 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Hi, I don't have an answer, but next time, consider putting a subject line. You will have greater chance of attracting answers: many of us (and many mail servers also) suggest such e-mails as junk/spam. Ranjan On Sat, 1 Jun 2013 02:17:37 -0400 CDR wrote: > Dear Friends > I have been unable to