On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 07:27:12AM -0800, Sherman, Paul (CEOSH) wrote:
> 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?
>
startx >& startx_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...
>
As root,
mkdir /floppy
mount -t msdos /dev/[name of linux floppy device] /floppy
cp /home/[your username here]/startx_errors /floppy
umount /floppy
Remove the floppy and insert it in the Windows box. You know
what to do from there ;)
> 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.
>
This only works if all you old configs begin with XF86,
mv /tmp/XF86* /home/[your username here]
rm -rf /tmp/*
> 4. Again assuming the /tmp directory is the issue, how do I prevent this
> from recurring?
>
Either put /tmp on a RAM disk or symlink it to another directory.
To do a symlink
rmdir /tmp
mkdir /home/tmp
ln -s /home/tmp /
Make sure you give the new tmp directory the correct permissions
drwxrwxrwt, which I think translates to
chmod 1777 /home/tmp
I have not a clue on how to do a RAM disk on Linux.
> Paul Sherman
> Biomedical Engineer
> VA Center for Engineering & Occupational Safety and Health
> (CEOSH)
> St. Louis, MO
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Ian
p.s. Good luck.
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