heya, On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 12:11:58AM -0600, ZephyrQ wrote: > Weekend spent messing with dselect and aptitude. I now have a > usable-but-not-quit-comfortable system going. > > 1. I keep getting a 'fake start-stop daemon' error when I try to shut > down (init 0 from root). It keeps scrolling across the screen and I > have to shut off manually--which forces fsck the next boot-up (long time > on a 60 G drive!). How can I fix?
strange, do you know which script is causing the error? do you get this
error when switching to runlevel 1 or shutting down by calling
'shutdown -h now'?
>
> 2. Can't get wvdial to connect under user--have to use root. I've
> tried to chmod stuff, but I must be missing something because I keep
> getting an error 2 from pppd. Fix?
what's in /var/log/syslog or /var/log/authlog? I'd guess that the best
approach, instead of chmod/chown'ing stuff, would be to add your user or
whoever else to the dialout group or to whichever group owns the devices
and logfiles in question.
> 3. What script/file can I create in my user directory so I can control
> what window manager I am running? (gnome, kde, icewm). Currently, I
> have to run g/k/x(dm) from root.
[gkx]dm should all scan your home directory for a .xsession file. when
you log in at an X login screen, it executes that script, so if you want
to change your window manager you can put the full path to it there.
(note that i use xdm, and that i think [gk]dm may also offer you the
ability to choose on the login screen)
> BTW--I love aptitude, once I figured out how to use it!
> dpkg-reconfigure, though, is giving me problems; it either won't run or
> give me a 'laptop fan' error (BTW, I'm not on a laptop!).
which package? :)
sean
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