X problem... 2004-01-12 - By John Dalbec
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> From: "vvor" <vvor@(protected)>
> To: <seawolf-list@(protected)>
> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:04:03 -0500
> Subject: problem...
> Reply-To: seawolf-list@(protected)
>
> When I boot, all I get is a little window in the upper right:
>
> ClientList SessionLog
> Checkpoint Shutdown
Do you have a .xinitrc file? Where does the "/etc/X11/prefdm" symlink point?
>
>
> and a window in the bottom right:
> Console log for rat.thirdeyemediaworks.com
>
> I can't do anything with my mouse, which is just dancing all around the
screen.
> I can't open a terminal window. If I telnet in with another machine, I can
> startkde, but my mouse is so crazy, I can't click anything.
Do you have the right mouse type in your XF86Config(-4) file? Does typing
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace change anything or does X come back the same way?
>
> I can do stuff su-ing as root from another machine, although all the paths are
> messed up. For instance, I edit my firewall script and try to restart it via
> telnetting, but the script cannot find ifconfig! It can't get my eth0 ip.
You just need to add /sbin and /usr/sbin to your PATH.
In bash:
export PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin
(add the line above to your .profile or .bash_profile).
>
> I wouldn't mind doing everything from a terminal from within my net, but how
do
> I fix my paths without screwing stuff up? When I tried to restart my firewall,
> everyone lost internet access because of this paths thing.
>
> Any help is much appreciated...
>
> vora
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