On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 21:27, eBhakta wrote: > Good evening! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nick Rout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "clug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, 3 November 2004 8:47 p.m. > Subject: Re: Ubuntu problem... > > > > > PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 4 of device 0000:00.02.1 > > > > I noticed it doing this the other day, it does not prevent it booting > > properly. it is irrelevant. > > Like to know what's going on there... (some other time perhaps). ;) > > > Has X started at this stage? or is this in a console window, ditto for > > the rest of the messages. kde should not start until you type your > > username and password in at the graphical login prompt. > > "X"? Umm... how to get a console window? KDE starts to load before any > graphical login prompt (the only one of those seen in the process was the > Ubuntu graphical login screen)... :$ > > > > Will not save configuration. (repeated many times in the boot process, > with > > > the following results...) > > > > > > Configuration file... not writable. > > > > > > 1) ..."/home/ebhakta/.kde/share/config/kwinrc" > > > > > > 2) ..."/home/ebhakta/.kde/share/config/kbuildsycocarc" > > > > > > 3) ..."/home/ebhakta/.kde/share/config/ksplashrc" > > > > > > 4) ..."/home/ebhakta/.kde/share/config/kwinrc" > > > > > > 5) ..."/home/ebhakta/.kde/share/config/kpersonalizerrc" > > > > > > (each one of these appearing at different steps in the process) > > > what process? where does this appear? > > At different stages of the boot process... First that message, followed by > the error message below. Seems it can't/won't write/save those files... Each > one of those files appears after the words "Configuration file"... eg. > "Configuration file "/home/ebhakta/.kde/share/config/kwinrc" not writable." > > > > Configuration file... not writable. > > > > > > ..."/home/ebhakta/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals" > > > > > > (appears with each one of the above) > > > > > > Please contact you system administrator. > > > > > > hmmm thats you :-) > > Umm... that is whoever knows how to fix this problem... ;) But yes, there is > a person in charge of this computer. ;) > > > > The following installation problem was detected while trying to start > KDE: > > > > > > No write access to '/home/ebhakta/.ICEauthority' > > > > > > this often happens when the partiton gets full, but that *should* not > > have happenned to you (having said that I am not sure how much disk > > space u have allocated to linux cf windows, its a possibility that > > downloading the sizeable kde packages has filled the hard disk. > > Possible, yes... But it's a 20GB partition... Should be enough space > there... :$ How to check the free space? > > > > Xmessage: Could not start ksmserver. Check your installation. OK > > > > ksmserver is "The KDE Session Manager. It is responsible for restoring > > your KDE session on login." translation: it opens the programs that were > > open last time you started kde, kind of "restore desktop" - maybe that > > package was not installed (debian, and presumably ubuntu treat ksmserver > > as a separate package) > > Possible, yes... :$ Definitely possible that all packages were not > installed, but all "depencies" were approved. Still, it is possible that it > may have been overlooked. > > > > End (the system just seems to keep looping... and won't enter Ubuntu > Gnome > > > or KDE...) :( > > > > looping. what exactly do you mean? is there a message coming up > > repetitively. can you describe what the screen looks like? > > Just keeps repeating... gets to a point and then goes back to the start... > (after the graphical login screen, and entering the username and password). > :$
if you are getting the login prompt, click on "session" at the bottom and make sure that "Gnome" is selected - > > > Hey Vatsala, you have had a bit of stick for your posts, this one is > > what we like to see (apart from sending it twice, but that happens!). > > Welcome again to the community. > > Thank you. ;) But such problems are preferrably avoided. Nice to be involved > with the Linux community though. Better than the other crowd... (they're not > very soft, or sweet, so the name is appropriate). Now the toilet here has > been dedicated to them, as that's where they seems to want to take > everyone... unfortunately. Greed is NEVER nice. :$ Thanks for the help. Much > appreciated. :) > > Wishing well, > Bhaktavatsala Dasa (Vatsala) > > @ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~vatsalaji - Hare Krishna! >
