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
OK, now for the latest...(and some more info...) I forgot to take the notes home last night but remembered some of it... The only error that shows up when I pipe the output is "not enough disc space in /tmp" This is very odd, because I emptied /tmp. Also, some other info - This is all happening as root Since I'm the only person, I usually run as root. Is there some info being generated as root that could have blown up the start-up files to be too large to fit in /tmp? When I startx as a user, I get a Redhat/Gnome logo, then a blank X screen. Apparently, I need to copy the set-up files (wherever they are and whatever they're called) to an appropriate user directory (wherever that is) to get the menus, applets, etc to display. Some guidance (even the appropriate man pages, I don't seem able to find those either...arghhh) is greatly appreciated... Barring solutions today, I'll take yesterday's notes home and work on it some over the weekend. Or (yuck) set up my girlfriend's W98 system to go on-line and contact from there... Thanks for your patience 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
