On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 18:47 -0700, Randy Stapilus wrote: > 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 > > >
When you boot ..... Go in the single mode...<enter s after hitting edit > That should bring you up in root mode.. do a df -h and it will let you know what you available.. HTH linux-yug > > 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 > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
