Massive problem with KDE

[AgelessStranger]

Hi

Ive recently installed Mandrake 10.0 official and everything was going great until today when I was trying to move my back up MP3s onto my hard drive. Basically every time I put in a new disk the display just had a bunch of %3F signs. I discovered that if I right clicked on the cdrom icon that I could eject them and this worked fine the first time then each time after that it would just say

 

eject /dev/cdrom failed

 

anyway so now comes the real big problem. Now when I boot into Linux It doesn't go to kde any more it is just a black screen. I logged in as me then typed kde and I got an error message saying that:

 

line 1 of /etc/XE86Config-4 (Im fairly sure that was the filename) was not a keyword (or something along those lines)

 

So I got into that file to see what it was and here is what is in it:

 

closed(53c2697c):

opened(53c2697c):devices:/devhddmntcdrom

closed(53c2697c):file:/mnt/cdrom

opened(53c2697c):file:/mnt/cdrom/BUFCD5

closed(53c2697c):file:/mnt/cdrom/BUFCD5

opened(53c2697c):file:/mnt/cdrom/

closed(53c2697c):file:/mnt/cdrom/

opened(53c2697c):file:/mnt/

closed(53c2697c):file:/mnt/

opened(53c2697c):file:/mnt/big

closed(53c2697c):file:/mnt/big

opened(53c2697c):file:/mnt/big/mp3

closed(53c2697c):file:/mnt/big/mp3

opened(53c2697c):file:/mnt/big/

closed(2d2550f8):

opened(2d2550f8):devices:/devhddmntcdrom

closed(2d2550f8):file:/mnt/cdrom

opened(2d2550f8):file:/mnt/

closed(2d2550f8):file:/mnt/

opened(2d2550f8):file:/mnt/cdrom

closed(53c2697c):file:/mnt/big/

opened(53c2697c):file:/mnt/big/mp3

close(53c2697c):file:/mnt/big/mp3

close(2d2550f8):file:/mnt/cdrom

closed(6ab44e72):

opened(6ab44e72):devices:/devhddmntcdrom

closed(6ab44e72):file:/mnt/cdrom

opened(6ab44e72):file:/mnt/cdrom/%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F

closed(6ab44e72):file:/mnt/cdrom/%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F

opened(6ab44e72):file:/mnt/cdrom/

closed(6ab44e72):file:/mnt/cdrom/

opened(6ab44e72):file:/mnt/cdrom/%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%94%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3FM%3F

closed(6ab44e72):file:/mnt/cdrom/%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%94%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3FM%3F

opened(6ab44e72):file:/mnt/cdrom/%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%94%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3FM%3F/%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%94%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3FM%3F

closed(6ab44e72):file:/mnt/cdrom/%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%94%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3FM%3F/%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%94%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%

 

notice the lots of %3F's

has my mucking around with my cd rom done something bad or is there some other error?

 

sorry about the long post

 

Thanks

[arctic]

in order to get access to kde try the folllowing: at prompt, log in as root, then type in "XFdrake" and set up your video modes. then exit and reboot, now, you should be able to log in into kde again.

 

with the cd-rom. you say, you ejected it. okay, but did you mount/unmount them properly afterwards?

Edited August 6, 2004 by arctic

[AgelessStranger]

Yeah when I used the eject thing I unmounted it but it was telling me that it was busy and that it could not do it.

[arctic]

hmmm. maybe unmount is only possible for root on your system.

anyway, which cd-rom drive do you have? maybe some info on that one helps to clear the matter... :)

[AgelessStranger]

Thanks heaps! I got KDE working again. Why would it just make changes like that for no apparent reason? Oh and I got the cd rom issue sorted as well, so once again thanks for your help arctic.