another bizarre clue. I cannot enter into kde from a user account from either the console (startx and every other command coming from /usr/X11R6/bin is not recognized unless you include the full path....and then it will kick out on the next executable called), or from init 5 logon (dcopserver errors). I have also tried connecting as a thin client to this server remotely with the same results.
However, if I ssh into the computer remotely as a user, and then type startx, it will work properly and bring up X and kde properly ON THE SERVER (broken computer I have been speaking about) not the remote computer I actually typed the command on. This is just too strange for my brain.... Why would a remote connection have no problem with initializing startx or other files located within /usr/X11R6/bin as a user but the console on the actual server refuses? --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For some reason /usr/X11R6/bin does not appear to be > in the path. I even manually added it to > /etc/rc.sysinit and rebooted but it had no effect. > > What would cause that. What package normally sets > these things. I may be able to uninstall/re-install > and resolve the problem. > > --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > for some reason I can no longer access kde with > > users. > > I get the dcopserver error. It works fine with > root. > > I > > even uninstalled kde and qt and reinstalled > because > > of > > the png issue. > > > > Also, when I try to startx as user (works in root) > I > > get the following message: > > [sczjd@sidereal sczjd]$ startx > > > > Authentication failed - cannot start X server. > > > > --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I dumped mandrake's lvm and installed one from > > > http://www.comedia.it/bluca/lvm/ > > > This got lvm back up. Now I have to resolve the > > fact > > > that cooker installed on the /usr and/var from > > root > > > and not upgraded from the ones on the lvm. > > > Any warnings or recommendations? > > > > > > I am going to try doing it through rpmdrake and > > see > > > what happens... > > > > > > > > > --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The lvm list seems to imply that lvm has > > segfault > > > > problems when compiled with gcc3. Is the > version > > > > used > > > > in cooker compiled with gcc3? > > > > > > > > --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > vgcfgrestore segfaults: > > > > > > > > > > [root@sidereal lvmconf]# vgcfgrestore -tv -n > > > > > /dev/mandrake /dev/hda3 > > > > > vgcfgrestore -- locking logical volume > manager > > > > > vgcfgrestore -- restoring volume group > > > "mandrake" > > > > > from > > > > > "/etc/lvmconf/mandrake.conf" > > > > > vgcfgrestore -- checking existence of > > > > > "/etc/lvmconf/mandrake.conf" > > > > > vgcfgrestore -- reading volume group data > for > > > > > "mandrake" from "/etc/lvmconf/mandrake.conf" > > > > > vgcfgrestore -- reading physical volume data > > for > > > > > "mandrake" from "/etc/lvmconf/mandrake.conf" > > > > > Segmentation fault > > > > > --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > The previous version I was running was > > > > identified > > > > > in > > > > > > /var/log/messages as > > > > > > 0.9.1_beta7(ish) > > > > > > > > > > > > The new version is identified as: > > > > > > 1.0.1-rc4(ish)(03/10/2001) > > > > > > > > > > > > --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > while attempting > > > > > > > vgcfgrestore -n mandrake -ll > > > > > > > I got a seg fault. The core file reads: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^$@#;��[��T > > > > > > > -�T -� > > > > > > > > > > > > > > &������������������������� > > > > > > > %d reads %d writes > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Logical extents --- > > > > > > > LE PV PE > > > > > reads > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > writes > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > I have had lvm running on a mandrake > 8.1 > > > > > system. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When > > > > > > > > I upgraded it to cooker (pre 8.2) it > did > > > not > > > > > > read > > > > > > > my > > > > > > > > lvm properly (I had /usr, /var and > /home > > > > pv's > > > > > in > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > "mandrake" vg. Now it still has the > > > lvmconf > > > > > file > > > > > > > > mandrake.conf but nothing in > > /etc/lvmtab.d > > > > and > > > > > > > > /etc/lvmtab is a 1 kb file. Since this > > is > > > a > > > > > home > > > > > > > > system, I have no backups...but it > still > > > has > > > > > > info > > > > > > > I > > > > > > > > would like to keep. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to rebuild this? I am > > > pretty > > > > > new > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > lvm. > > > > > > > > I am running lvm-0.9-3mdk. I have lvm > > > > running > > > > > on > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > fresh install of cooker on my laptop > so > > I > > > > know > > > > > > > this > > > > > > > > version works. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I still have /dev/hda3 showing as a > lvm > > > > > partion > > > > > > > (8e) > > > > > > > > mandrake had set them up originally as > > > > > > > > /dev/mandrake/1 > > > > > > > > /dev/mandrake/2 > > > > > > > > /dev/mandrake/3 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > /etc/fstab > > > > > > > > /dev/hda1 / reiserfs notail 1 1 > > > > > > > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > > > > > > > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > > > > > > > > /dev/mandrake/1 /home reiserfs > defaults > > 1 > > > 2 > > > > > > > > /dev/hdg /mnt/cdrom auto > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto > > > > > > > > 0$ > > > > > > > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,exec,codepage=850,noaut$none > > > > > > > > /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > > > > > > > none /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0 > > > > > > > > /dev/mandrake/2 /usr reiserfs defaults > 1 > > 2 > > > > > > > > /dev/mandrake/3 /var reiserfs defaults > 1 > > 2 > > > > > > > > /dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > > > > > > /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I had to setup /dev/hda2 as swap to > > enable > > > > the > > > > > > > > cooker > > > > > > > > upgrade since it did not recognize > > > /dev/hda5 > > > > > > > during > > > > > > > > the install. It still does not > recognize > > > > > > /dev/hda5 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > > > > > SI Reasoning > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "They that can give up essential > liberty > > > to > > > > > > obtain > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > little temporary safety deserve > neither > > > > > liberty > > > > > > > nor > > > > > > > > safety." > > > > > > > > Benjamin Franklin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > > > > Send your FREE holiday greetings > online! > > > > > > > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > > > > SI Reasoning > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "They that can give up essential liberty > > to > > > > > obtain > > > > > > a > > > > > > > little temporary safety deserve neither > > > > liberty > > > > > > nor > > > > > > > safety." > > > > > > > Benjamin Franklin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > > > > > > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > > > SI Reasoning > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > "They that can give up essential liberty > to > > > > obtain > > > > > a > > > > > > little temporary safety deserve neither > > > liberty > > > > > nor > > > > > > safety." > > > > > > Benjamin Franklin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > > > > > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > > SI Reasoning > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > "They that can give up essential liberty to > > > obtain > > > > a > > > > > little temporary safety deserve neither > > liberty > > > > nor > > > > > safety." > > > > > Benjamin Franklin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > > > > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > SI Reasoning > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > "They that can give up essential liberty to > > obtain > > > a > > > > little temporary safety deserve neither > liberty > > > nor > > > > safety." > > > > Benjamin Franklin > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > > > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > SI Reasoning > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > "They that can give up essential liberty to > obtain > > a > > > little temporary safety deserve neither liberty > > nor > > > safety." > > > Benjamin Franklin > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > ===== > > SI Reasoning > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain > a > > little temporary safety deserve neither liberty > nor > > safety." > > Benjamin Franklin > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > > ===== > SI Reasoning > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a > little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor > safety." > Benjamin Franklin > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > ===== SI Reasoning [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com
