Trio3b Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 OK....new crash scenario. MDK 10.0 KDE 3.2 installed for 3 months then power cutoff...lost KDE Stumbled my way thru CL and shutdown, restarted, entered ?KDE? and it loaded. OK...then started getting artsd crashes (soundserver caused signal 6 sigabrt) Could not close them fast enough, but could continue to work. Then created a new user and received no artsd crashes in new user KDE, which means something in the config of my old user was the problem. (Tried resetting all defaults, no luck) Transferred most files to different PC with floppy, but until then I am trying to transfer big files to new user on same PC via CLI. That is not going well....can transfer occasional file but not folders, and don't know how to open folders in CL to see if I want to tranfer what's inside. Also, in the process of installing flashdrive for bigger files, I noticed that inserting the flashdrive froze the system and would have to hard boot. Enter new problem ...on boot, I get to LILO screen>enter linux> get X screen, then instead of KDE, get terminal window in lower right with no borders. Prompt responds sporadically...or not at all, have had to hard boot several times now. When I do get a response I type in ?KDE? and receive : ?fatal server error? server is already active for display0 Have tried rescue with floppy and CD but receive error messages and even if they worked, I've never repaired or would know how. This is my test PC. Files are not important, although I would like all of my bookmarks in Konqueror. Unfortunately, I will have to set a deadline of this weekend to bring this PC back to life. If not, I will continue using MDK10.0 on another PC and try FC 2 on this one. Any ideas? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 Boot from CD #1 and select the repair option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 (edited) You can also try this script I wrote**. Download it to your computer and name it rpmfix.sh and chmod +x it and run it as root. If you have to do all this from the command-line: lynx --dump http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?act=Attpe=post&id=1477 > rpmfix.sh chmod +x rpmfix.sh su <<type root password and hit enter>> ./rpmfix.sh ** This script that I put together from snippets of code stolen from aru. (Don't want anyone to think I actually could come up with this on my own.) I have used and tested this script extensively on my system and hvae not sfufreed any lli eftecfs form it at all. rpmfix.txt Edited March 5, 2005 by Steve Scrimpshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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