ET wrote:
> Russell Butler wrote:
> 
>> Dear all
>>
>> Well, Sympa doesn't like submissions via the gmane interface now,
>> either, so I have had to actually subscribe. See how long a new
>> subscription lasts?
>>
>> I have just upgraded my machine to 2006, and as I have to use MYOB to
>> manage my accounts I have had to go about setting up win4lin.  After
>> much trauma I have managed to build a 2.6.14 kernel with the win4lin
>> patch, and the netraverse installer recognises it (sighs of relief).
>>
>> Oddly, when I log in to KDE (3.4) I can open a shell window, but there
>> is no prompt visible and it will not accept keyboard input. Likewise if
>> I try to run MCC from the menu, "su" doesn't work.
>>
>> I can run the System Monitor and kdesud is shown running, together with
>> various sh- processes
>>
>> I am not a CLI freak, but it comes in very handy for many tasks in
>> Linux. I know about Ctrl-Alt-F1, etc, but some things especially in
>> Win4lin need X access, and the only other alternative I have come up
>> with is a KDE root logon.
>>
>> Any help to recover my shell access, please?
>>
>> Russell
>>
> have you considered creating a new user to see if that user has a shell?
> 
Thanks ET

Sorry I have been busy elsewhere. I tried your suggestion, but I am
afraid I still get "error creating child process" and attempts to run
MCC via the "run" dialogue give an "unable to find su process"

Regards

Russell
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