On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 12:17, Robert Locke wrote: > On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 11:56, Mark Haney wrote: > > > Would it make any difference if I mention the fact that at some point > > yesterday my /home partition was completely full? > > Bingo as to the cause.... Now to try to find the solution.... I know > when an X server starts it needs to write to /tmp and the user's home > directory..... > > Another thing I find is that it is only broken on the one user. You > could create a second user and try running "startx" from that user (make > sure you login as that user, do not use su).... IIRC, I tried that as root and got the same problem. And I never log into that machine as root. I may be mistaken, as living in WNC I was more concerned about maybe having to put sails and a rudder on my house than my computer. But I will try that when I get home. > > Presuming that second user is good, then start comparing some of the > files in the home directories... > > I think someone more X oriented may need to jump in now, though.... > > --Rob -------------------------------------- Mark Haney Network Administrator InterAct Public Safety Systems mhaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Kernel: 2.6.8-1.521 GNU/Linux 12:21:07 up 1:46, 2 users, load average: 0.30, 0.52, 0.71
