Message: 13 Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 00:39:39 +0200 From: Kevin Kofler
<kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Can't boot after an update To:
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii DB wrote:
> Got myself to a CLI, logged on as root, edited inittab to start in level
> 3. Login under my normal username is accepted, try startx, screen
> flashes some text (something about authority, I think from the bit I can
> see), screen goes black then comes back to the CLI with several repeats
> of a message about keyboard not compiling, error not fatal, waiting for
> X to terminate. Logon as root is accepted, gives a grey screen & then a
> Gnome window comes up & seems to work OK.
What video driver? Did it get upgraded recently?
NV, but I don't think it has been changed in a long time.
> Tried the Live CD. The original non-KDE one works OK, the KDE CD comes
> up to a login window wanting a password for "liveuser" (which it never
> did before - this system was installed from the F10-live-kde disc
> without any problem); I've tried all the passwords I can think of & it
> just keeps coming back to the login screen.....
The default password on the live CDs is blank, i.e. don't enter a password,
just press ENTER. No idea why the autologon isn't working though.
Umm, the blank password was my first guess, & didn't work.
Kevin Kofler
Thanks for your help Kevin. It turns out /tmp was full, & once I'd
cleaned out the .trash the system started up again without problem.
I'm now trying to find a script that will clean /tmp automatically on a
regular basis. (I think part of the backlog is due to the switch from
Gnome to KDE)
Thanks again
Dave
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