On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 10:50:29AM +1000, richard lashmore wrote:
>
> here are the error messages I receive on startup -
>
> Unattached inode 86734
> /dev/hda3: Unexpected inconsistency: Run fsck manually
> (ie without -a or -p options)
> An error occured during the file system check dropping you to a shell the system
>will reboot when yoy leave the shell
> Give root password for maintenance
> or type Control-D for normal startup
> so I put in the password then a Startx command
> which then come up with the following....
don't run 'startx' here, run 'fsck /dev/hda3'
when that is done, type 'exit' and just let the computer reboot
itself.
> Im quite worried about it and have no idea about anything to do with the system but
>there is a 'reconfigure Gnome displays'
> or something option in the background pallet and you can be reasonably sure thats
>were Ive mucked it up.
It's nothing to do with Gnome (directly) ... it's a more general
problem that your filesystem is corrupted.
when you have finished using your computer and want to turn it off,
choose "log out" from the gnome start menu and choose the "halt"
option -- don't simply turn the computer off without halting Linux,
or you will risk this kind of filesystem corruption.
Conrad.
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