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2004-01-12       - By vvor

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thanks, john,


> >
> > 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?

Here are the files in my directory:

.bash_history                   11 KB   1/12/2004 4:45:20 PM
.bash_logout                    1 KB   2/28/2002 9:27:42 AM
.bash_profile                    1 KB   1/12/2004 4:45:26 PM
.bash_profile~                  1 KB   11/9/2002 12:11:02 AM
.bashrc                          1 KB   2/28/2002 9:27:42 AM
.directory                      1 KB   5/13/2002 6:24:00 PM
.emacs                          1 KB   2/28/2002 9:27:42 AM
.gnomerc-errors                  1 KB   10/5/2003 7:38:56 PM
.gtkrc                          1 KB   3/3/2002 11:20:00 PM
.gtkrc-kde                      2 KB   10/2/2003 8:00:48 PM
.kxmlrpcd                        1 KB   10/2/2003 8:00:48 PM
.MCOP-random-seed                1 KB   10/2/2003 8:00:50 PM
.mcoprc                          1 KB   10/2/2003 8:00:48 PM
.mysql_history                126 KB   1/12/2004 12:51:12 PM
.nautilus-metafile.xml          1 KB   3/9/2002 1:48:48 AM
.rhosts                          1 KB   9/3/2003 10:43:50 PM
.saves-10896 (See http://ves-10896.ora-code.com)-rat.thirde..        1 KB   11/7/2002 9:33:26 PM
.saves-21791 (See http://ves-21791.ora-code.com)-rat.thirde..        1 KB   12/9/2002 10:28:44 AM
.screenrc                        4 KB   2/28/2002 9:27:42 AM
.wmrc                            1 KB   10/2/2003 8:00:44 PM
.Xauthority                      1 KB   10/5/2003 10:44:48 PM
.xsession-errors                4 KB   10/2/2003 8:01:36 PM

ought i have the .xinitrc in this directory? or in /etc? or in root's $HOME?

.xsession-errors says stuff:

XIM DEBUG: xset:  bad font path element (#38), possible causes are:
   Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
   Directory missing fonts.dir
   Incorrect font server address or syntax
** Warning: charset ansi_x3.4-1968 is not known. using ISO 8859-1 instead.
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
** Warning: charset ansi_x3.4-1968 is not known. using ISO 8859-1 instead.
** Warning: charset ansi_x3.4-1968 is not known. using ISO 8859-1 instead.
** Warning: charset ansi_x3.4-1968 is not known. using ISO 8859-1 instead.
** Warning: charset ansi_x3.4-1968 is not known. using ISO 8859-1 instead.
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
** Warning: charset ansi_x3.4-1968 is not known. using ISO 8859-1 instead.
** Warning: charset ansi_x3.4-1968 is not known. using ISO 8859-1 instead.
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
** Warning: charset ansi_x3.4-1968 is not known. using ISO 8859-1 instead.
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
QSocketNotifier: Multiple socket notifiers for same socket 6 and type read
** Warning: charset ansi_x3.4-1968 is not known. using ISO 8859-1 instead.
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
** Warning: charset ansi_x3.4-1968 is not known. using ISO 8859-1 instead.
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
** Warning: charset ansi_x3.4-1968 is not known. using ISO 8859-1 instead.
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
** Warning: charset ansi_x3.4-1968 is not known. using ISO 8859-1 instead.
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
** Warning: charset ansi_x3.4-1968 is not known. using ISO 8859-1 instead.
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
** Warning: charset ansi_x3.4-1968 is not known. using ISO 8859-1 instead.
** Warning: charset ansi_x3.4-1968 is not known. using ISO 8859-1 instead.
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
** Warning: charset ansi_x3.4-1968 is not known. using ISO 8859-1 instead.
X Error of failed request:  BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
 Major opcode of failed request:  7 (X_ReparentWindow)
 Resource id in failed request:  0x2c00010
 Serial number of failed request:  6454
 Current serial number in output stream:  6681
kdeinit: Fatal IO error: client killed
kdeinit: sending SIGHUP to children.
kdeinit: sending SIGTERM to children.
kdeinit: Exit.

[artsd] ** Warning ** cache shutdown while still active objects in cache





> >
> >
> > 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 once typed ctrl-alt-backspace, and the server died: shut down immediately as
if someone pulled the plug. i am afraid of doing it again! also, i am using an
OmniView mouse/monitor/kbd switcher between my win2k computer and my Seawolf
computer. when i switch to Seawolf, the monitor and kbd are fine, but the mouse
freaks out. Those OmniView things are just dumb. I mean, this is their *only*
function, and they can't even do that. How do these companies get business
loans, and here i am in poverty! (not that i'm any more competent)


> >
> > 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 added /sbin, /usr/sbin/ to my path. Then I logged out, and logged in. I typed
"echo $PATH" and I got:

/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.3.1_02/bin:/home/vvor
/bin:/usr/bin:/etc:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

Then,:

[root@(protected) vvor]# whereis ifconfig
ifconfig: /sbin/ifconfig /usr/share/man/man8/ifconfig.8.gz
[root@(protected) vvor]# ./ifconfig
bash: ./ifconfig: No such file or directory


So, I must be doing something else wrong. Shouldn't that work?

vora