have you ever tried to compile a kernel? on this machine? did you have this
problem before that?
On Saturday 28 July 2001 09:36, root wrote:
> On Friday 27 July 2001 08:47, etharp wrote:
> > well, we can look at the logs, if you want, or we could create a new user
> > from the text prompt, and see how it logs in.
>
> per this suggestion, I pulled /var/log/syslog and compared a failed login
> to a good one, and see one difference. Below are the last few lines from a
> failed login. I have more if we need them:
>
> Jul 28 06:55:34 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
> char-major-4 Jul 28 06:55:38 localhost last message repeated 35 times
> Jul 28 06:55:38 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
> char-major-180
> Jul 28 06:55:40 localhost last message repeated 24 times
> Jul 28 06:56:47 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
> binfmt-0000 Jul 28 06:57:03 localhost last message repeated 3 times
>
>
> On a successful login, "localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
> binfmt-0000" is repeated only two times, then I get the same messge for a
> collection of sound-* modules. The "can't find char-major-*" message
> repeat the same number of times regardless of whether the login works or
> doesn't. Meanwhile, I am successful in logging in via console mode if I do
> a 'restart in console mode'.
>
> Incidentally, the failed login has gone from the previous exception to the
> rule, to where I have to make multiple attempts, including powering down,
> to get signed in.
>
> I did reinstall my printer last night, and fixed my halt problem per
> someone else's documentation here. I assume the "now it is safe to turn
> off your computer" is a windoze specific message, since I never see that.
> I get to a message saying that the system is stopped after what seem to be
> all the shutdown messages complete ok.
>
> > On Friday 27 July 2001 09:05, root wrote:
> > > On Friday 27 July 2001 04:43, etharp wrote:
> > > > is this while you wait to login? have you installed mandrake security
> > > > and what level? (paranoid?) or a firewall? what reaction are you
> > > > expecting?
> > >
> > > i was expecting no reaction, since I had never heard of that method of
> > > logging on before. I hit alt-f4 at the point where otherwise I would
> > > enter root and my password and hit go.
> > >
> > > The original problem when attempting to login via the normal login
> > > panel, I sometimes was bounced back to the login panel without getting
> > > logged in, and when that happened had to reboot before being successful
> > > at logging in.
> > >
> > > When installing, I took the defaults for security and the firewall.
> > > Before altering those, I'll want an explanation of why the bounce
> > > occurs only some of the time instead of every time. It seems to me if
> > > it was a security or firewall problem, the bounce would be consistent
> > > instead of sporadic.
> > >
> > > > On Friday 27 July 2001 00:48, root wrote:
> > > > > On Thursday 26 July 2001 16:34, etharp wrote:
> > > > > > what happens if you hit ctrl+alt+f4 (or any other f-key up to f6)
> > > > > > and log in?
> > > > >
> > > > > nothing. no reaction at all
> > >
> > > --
> > > "Gentlemen, it's in beta. That means it's like Windows. They're
> > > letting you test it while they continue to screw it up until it's
> > > totally useless." (Bigg Fredd in RCC talking about Google's temporary
> > > interface to the deja archives)
