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From: Aaron deRozario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 11:59 PM
Subject: [newbie] Curious fsck and changing login screens
> I have used Linux for about 8 months (RedHat 5.2) and have recently
started
> using Mandrake 6.0. I have been generally extremely impressed with
> Mandrake, however I have noticed a few strange occurences.
>
> 1) I have always operated in runlevel 5 and used the Mandrake logon screen
> to shutdown or reboot my machine. Now I have rarely rebooted, however on
> the two occasions I have used the Mandrake Shutdown button to reboot, the
> startup process informs me that hda1(hda6) was not cleanly unmounted and
> proceeds to run fsck. Not a problem in itself, but I hate it when
something
> doesn't work as it is supposed to and I don't know why. This same problem
> also occurred the single time I tries shutdown -r now.
>
> 2) On some occassions this same problem has occurred when merely booting
up
> the machine. I know fsck is supposed to run after a certain number of
> mounts, however this problem has been occurring at irregular intervals
> sometimes as close as three boots apart. I stress that I always shut down
> properly, using either the Mandrake Shutdown button, or occasionally
> shutdown -h now.
>
> 3) This fsck has never caused me much trouble until last night when the
fsck
> indicated a large number of errors including a reference to
> /usr/share/config/kdmrc (I may have this path and file name slightly
> incorrect. I apologise I am writing from work 12 hours later). It also
> made reference to a saved Civilisation - Call to Power game. When the
fsck
> was complete the boot up process, which always indicates everything OK,
came
> up with a FAILED message. I believe it said (again it was a while ago)
that
> it was unable to read /usr/share/config/kdmrc. The next indication of
> something amiss was when X flashed up with the standard KDE login screen
> instead of the Mandrake screen.
>
> Using the Kpackage program I found the package that is responsible for the
> /usr/share/config/kdmrc file. It came up with a cross instead of a tick.
> Thinking I was clever I reinstalled the package and rebooted. Alas no
> change, the boot up process still indicated a failed read of
> /usr/share/config/kdmrc and I still received the KDE login screen.
Further
> investigation revealed that /usr/../kdmrc was a file of size 0. Also, I
> think the saved Civ CTP game has disappeared.
>
> My question then is - how do I get my beloved Mandrake login screen back?
> Win9x friends laughed when I had to su root etc to shutdown and now I have
> got my own back I don't want that Shutdown button disappearing.
>
> Also what is causing these random fsck's? I have heard that there are
some
> file system problems with 2.2.9. Is this the cause? Will the Mandrake
> kernel update solve the problem?
>
> The file names I have stated MAY BE INCORRECT. I aplogise for this,
however
> I am hoping that the description of my problem will be enough to give you
an
> idea of its likely cause.
>
> Thankyou
>
> PS As a quick query - why, whenever I add any new users to my system does
> KDE give me double icons for everything, one in upper case, one in lower
> (CDROM & cdrom, PRINTER & printer) ? It never happened for root, nor the
> non-privilleged user created during install.
>
The problem is in the 2.2.9-19 kernel. You need to get the kernel and
initscripts updates to correct this (I suggest getting all of the other
updates as well). As for the dual icons, you must not have formatted your
/home partition, which is fine. Just delete one of each of the icons, the
other will still work.
Manny Styles
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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