re: xdm crash

2001-10-11 Thread Stephen Ryan
On 11 Oct, Sidney Brooks wrote: > I decided to reinstall the Debian package xdm since it wasn't working, > using dpkg. When I tried, I got the error message: > unable to fill /var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i with padding: No space left on > device > > This suggests that the new files that I downloade

Re: xdm crash

2001-10-11 Thread sheine
I followed up on my reported guess that my hard disk was full by removing files. My xdm is now working.

re: xdm crash

2001-10-11 Thread Sidney Brooks
I decided to reinstall the Debian package xdm since it wasn't working, using dpkg. When I tried, I got the error message: unable to fill /var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i with padding: No space left on device This suggests that the new files that I downloaded were so large that they filled my hard d

Re. xdm crash

2001-10-10 Thread Sidney Brooks
In response to my problem, I received the following. > I have lost the ability to use xdm, run level 5, and would like to know how > to restore it without reinstalling Debian. I can operate in run level 3 as > long as I do not go into graphics. > > This is how it all happened. I downloaded some f

Re: xdm crash

2001-10-10 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 07:41:36PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 03:15:57PM -0700, Sidney Brooks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > I have lost the ability to use xdm, run level 5, and would like to know how > > to restore it without reinstalling Debian. I can operate in r

Re: xdm crash

2001-10-10 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 03:15:57PM -0700, Sidney Brooks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have lost the ability to use xdm, run level 5, and would like to know how > to restore it without reinstalling Debian. I can operate in run level 3 as > long as I do not go into graphics. > > This is how it a

Re: XDM Crash... How to recover

2001-08-09 Thread Glyn Millington
"Ian Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > Last night I had a major panic attack with xdm (whoch starts automatically) > I had edited the sample .xsession file and added exec fvwm95 to the end. > It did not start due to the other settings above for twm (I am working from > memory here) > T