Hi all: I'm not entirely sure what happened, but I hope you all can help.
I've been running RH 6.2 at home with the included version of X. (Can't remember the exact version, 3.**) On December 8, I typed in startx - the screen flickered and I was back at the command prompt. After a few tries, I guessed the config file is corrupted and run Xconfigurator to reset the info - no luck. Then I run XF86Setup and get X back, though not with all my resolutions that I previously had. On December 20, once again no X. Running the configuration programs don't do any good. I give up for now, no time to troubleshoot. On Dec 31, I go back to work on it. I tried to pipe the output to a file, apparently wrongly, I never find the file I piped it to. I do find one error message on screen - "not enough disk space in /tmp". Sure enough, I go to /tmp and find copies of all my attempts at configuration. So, here are my questions 1. How can I pipe the output of "startx" to a file to review for errors? 2. Once I do that, how can I post it to the mailgroup? ie: Since I don't have a text based browser on the PC, how can I transfer that info to a DOS disc and attach it to an e-mail on a machine I can post from (Windows). In the long run, I guess I need to learn how to use a text-based mailer... 3. Assuming that the problem is that the /tmp directory is too full to use, how do I safely remove the old (or all?) configuration directories from it? The info I see on the "rm" command indicates I can delete recursively, but say I can risk deleting everything in all directories. 4. Again assuming the /tmp directory is the issue, how do I prevent this from recurring? Paul Sherman Biomedical Engineer VA Center for Engineering & Occupational Safety and Health (CEOSH) St. Louis, MO [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
