On Tuesday 24 Jun 2003 1:20 am, Wade Waldron wrote: > I have tried to run both KDE and Gnome and get hung up on either. They > start to load and then just stop and the system hangs. I have pressed Alt > Ctrl F1 to get to a prompt. From here I pressed the windows key on my > keyboard. This brings up a list of errors which are scrolling by so fast I > can not read them. I have been able to make out part of the error. It > says "localhost xinetd [A seemingly random number] sgi fam PID [A process > number I assume] from <no address> ....I can not tell what is here.... > local host is not connected" It also flashes "warning: can't get client > address" although I can not tell where this fits in. Does anyone know what > this error means and how I can stop it? I should note that the number for > xinetd and PID both change each time the message flashes. It seems like > the system gets hung up because it is trying to perform an operation but > keeps failing so it tries again. > > Incidentally, someone suggested that I look in var/log/messages. I tried, > but I can not access the file because I do not have permission. I tried to > login as root, but that does not seem to work. The login prompt I am > recieving is "localhost login: " when I enter root and the password it > tells me incorrect login. I know the password is correct so am I also > doing something wrong here? > > Please, any help would be very much appreciated. > > Wade
When you installed did you select 'High Security' ? If so then console logins as root are not permitted. You can get around the issue by logging in as a normal user then entering su <enter> followed by root password. You will then become root user. ( If you have selected High Security, then it is really over the top for a desktop system. Standard Security is much more secure than any Windows System you have used.) As for your messages 'fam' is a process which checks to see if disc partitions are full. So I wonder if you have installed in a partition that is too small. (or have installed too much) HTH derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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