Cesar....I ended up reinstalling from scratch. But, the more times you
install the more familiar you get with it. I figure I might graduate to
become an 'expert newbie' by the time I've performed my 100th install (-:
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: Cesar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 10:00 AM
Subject: RE: [newbie] X crash
> I got the same problem yesterday when the light went out in my
neighborhood.
> How do I solve this?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Shoemaker
> Sent: Domingo, 20 de Junio de 1999 12:11 a.m.
> To: Newbie Linux-Mandrake
> Subject: [newbie] X crash
>
> While copying a file from my dos partition KDE locked up so tightly that I
> had to do a hard reset to regain control. Many many fixes were applied to
> my file system during the reboot. When X started it brought me up to a
KDE
> sign-on applet instead of the normal Mandrake one. There were no options
> and no way to shutdown. I enter KDE just fine but when I click on X to
> shutdown I end up back at the KDE sign-on applet and the only thing I can
do
> is sign back on. To shutdown I do a ctl-alt-f1 and shutdown from there.
> Can anyone help me fix whatever got destroyed?
>
> Alan
>