One other thought. When I went through partitioning, I didn't specify anywhere the *size* of the new partition for Linux. Might it be that the installer automatically sized it just large enough for the OS, and then when I loaded in scribus, all the space was used up? Might that suggest I need to re-size the partition (there should be more than 100 gb available on the hard drive)?
If i can get back into the Linux os . . . Randy Stapilus www.ridenbaugh.com Northwest politics and public affairs WA, OR, ID Public Affairs Digests On Oct 30, 2009, at 6:28 PM, Randy Stapilus wrote: > Thanks to those who helped with my partition/mounting question. Now, > with Linux installed, I have another once. > > I got through that process and set up the dual boot. Windows appears > to function properly. And so did Linux Mint - until a couple of > minutes ago. I was able to get around the OS, reconfigure a few > things (like desktop appearance), get on line with Firefox, download > and open an app (scribus). But then I got an error message indicating > an issue with authorization (this after I had already loaded in > scribus). I logged out, and now when I try to log in I get this: > > "GDM could not write to your authorization file. This could mean you > are out of disk space or that your home directory could not be opened > for writing. In any case it is not possible to log in. Please contact > your system administrator." > > Any suggestions what I should do now? > > Randy Stapilus > www.ridenbaugh.com > Northwest politics and public affairs > WA, OR, ID Public Affairs Digests > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
