: on "6-14-2011" "Glynn Clements" writ:
: Once you've tried the obvious possibilities, a systematic approach is
: to log in as root, then run e.g.:
: strace -f -o login.txt login twhite
that offered a wealth of information. 200+MB. i started ploughing
through it, and found a syscall for which i did not have a manpage. i
have a hunch, that somewhere between 2.2 and 2.4 kernels, i screwed up.
given that, building a new system probably a more time efficient
approach. i have zero confidence i could affect a fix without doing
further damage. but, thanks for the pointer to strace; an impressive
tool.
and linux just kept on, keepin' on ...
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... it's not what you see ,
but in stead , notice ...
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