On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 07:48, Jason Greenwood wrote: > Hi All, > > Got a strange one for you. This has happened on 2 separate installs > (9.1) on the same laptop (an Asus L2400D). I installed XWC (File Manager > similar to WinExplorer), and it works for users just fine at first. > After using it for a day or so, it stops being able to start. Now when a > user tries to start it, it just sends the hard drive into overdrive but > never actually starts the program. I have tried to uninstall/reinstall > it to no avail. I sometimes have to killX just to get my system back > again. Sometimes after the hard drives screams for a few minutes, it > just goes back to normal without ever starting XWC. If I start it from a > console, there are no error messages but it still never starts and never > gives me a prompt back. I can't find a config file to delete or anything > either. If I start it as root from a console, it runs fine. It is sooo > weird. This just happened on fresh install of 9.1 as well. > > Any ideas appreciated, > > Regards, > > Jason
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