[TriLUG] Non-responsive Linux Box

[Daniel T. Jerome]

Well I would say that it could definitely be a possibility that gnome did
that.  I was originally doing KDE with it and I was checking out the latest
gnome package the other day.

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Henning [mailto:brian at strutmasters.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 2:06 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Non-responsive Linux Box

Ooh ooh ooh!  I've seen this before!  And I have no idea how to fix it.  But

I have definitely seen the root user have problems like what you are 
describing.  In fact, the way I've seen it, is (for example) konsole will 
launch and then immediately close.  At the time, I and some associates had 
theorized (based on circumstantial evidence) that logging into a Gnome 
environment would somehow scramble KDE and cause this.  Can anyone expand on

that?

Cheers,
~Brian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "wayy2be" <wayy2be at yahoo.com>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Non-responsive Linux Box


>I can SSH in, the box only seems to do this when
> logged in as root.  When logged in as any other user
> it works!
>
>
> --- Jason Tower <jason at cerient.net> wrote:
>
>> it could be a failed hard drive.  the desktop and OS
>> are running in ram
>> but trying to launch anything requires disk access
>> which is no longer
>> there.  entirely possible that the problem is
>> elsewhere, but given the
>> recent postings i thought of this first :-)
>>
>> can you crtl-alt-F2 to get a console screen and log
>> in?  if so then it's
>> not the disk.  or if you can ssh in then the disk is
>> not the culprit.
>>
>> jason
>>
>> On Tuesday 30 November 2004 13:37, wayy2be wrote:
>> > Hi all :)
>> >
>> > I have a Redhat 9 box and whatever I click on the
>> > desktop (GUI), like terminal or control center it
>> does
>> > not open.  The drive makes some sounds but thats
>> it.
>> > What can it be?  It was working great a few days
>> ago.
>> > Any help would be great! Thanks
>> >
>> > Rob
>> >
>> >
>> >
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