GNOME help
I've made some changes somehow in GNOME and now all programs load only 10 seconds after double clicking. Any suggestions how can i rectify this.
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Quoted 5 lines · Anant Aneja
I've made some changes somehow in GNOME and now all programs load only 10 seconds after double clicking.
Any suggestions how can i rectify this.
Anant
Without being cheeky, how in the name of (you know who) could anyone possably give you an answer to this question, you dont say what you changed, when you changed what and what you were trying to achive.
I am not a glass ball reader, as a matter of fact i do belive that all the folks here that answer questions are in the same class as me, "Not Glass Ball Readers" period.
Shed some light on your problem and we will look into our glass balls.
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Strange problem
In reply to Anant AnejaHi all!
I have a strange problem.
Happened that the machine had been rebooted (hardly) for some times, and at the end the next happened:
Nobody can log in except the root. The message is that there is no /home/<user> (<user> is the appropriate user)!
But in /home there is the <user> directory, and the <user> has rwx permissions on it. And everybody has x permission on /home. The other thing is that in sendmail sm-client can not be started,
because: can not chdir to /var/spool/<somedir>, no permissions. BUT there are appropritate permissions on that dir, and everybody has x permission on /var and /var/spool. After that I changed /var/spool/<somedir> to 777 permissions, but sm-client says the same. I can log in as root. And if I try to #su - <user>, it wont start. I tried #strace su - <user> and saw, that su can open some files, but it can not open to read many files (in /etc), but the files are there, everybody has read permissions on them, and everybody has execute permissions on the parent directoryes.
What could this be?
Could this be some virus (I forget to setup iptables correctly), or could this happen because of hard resets?
I thought that I will reinstall Linux (RH 8.0), because happily I use more partitions, and there isnt any important data on root partition.
But I'm very curious about this problem.
I use RedHat 8.0 and Ext3 file system on all data partitions. This is an older machine (K6-2 350 CPU).
If you need any further info, just ask.
TIA
Akos
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Re: Strange problem
You really haven't told us enough for good diagnosis. From what you did write, I'd guess there is a problem with mounting partitions other than the root (/) one (maybe including /, depending on the details of the /etc problems you allude to). User root's home directory is normally on the root partition as /root, while /home is often a separate partition, as is /var (particualrly if you used RH's default partitioning) ... though /etc almost never is (I've never seen a case where it was, and doing it that way would cause real problems during init).
Check the status of mounted partitions in /etc/mtab to verify that they are mounted RW (and that they are actually mounted as ext3, not ext2). Try (as root) umount'ing them, then fsck'ing them, in case they failed an automated fsck during init (this seems farfetched since you use ext3 filesystems, but it's all I can think of).
Since this happened after a reboot (at least I think that's what you wrote), you might want to verify that you are running the same kernel as you were before the reboot.
I'd classify the chance that this is a virus as quite small. The hard-reset question does make me think of fsck problems with the filesystems.
If that doesn't turn up anything, post again, this time quoting the actual error messages instead of paraphrasing them.
Quoted 30 lines · Korosi Akos
Hi all!
I have a strange problem.
Happened that the machine had been rebooted (hardly) for some times, and at the end the next happened:
Nobody can log in except the root. The message is that there is no /home/<user> (<user> is the appropriate user)!
But in /home there is the <user> directory, and the <user> has rwx permissions on it. And everybody has x permission on /home. The other thing is that in sendmail sm-client can not be started,
because: can not chdir to /var/spool/<somedir>, no permissions. BUT there are appropritate permissions on that dir, and everybody has x permission on /var and/var/spool. After that I changed /var/spool/<somedir> to 777 permissions, but sm-client says the same. I can log in as root. And if I try to #su - <user>, it wont start. I tried #strace su - <user> and saw, that su can open some files, but it can not open to read many files (in /etc), but the files are there, everybody has read permissions on them, and everybody has execute permissions on the parent directoryes.What could this be?
Could this be some virus (I forget to setup iptables correctly), or could this happen because of hard resets?I thought that I will reinstall Linux (RH 8.0), because happily I use more partitions, and there isnt any important data on root partition.
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But I'm very curious about this problem.
I use RedHat 8.0 and Ext3 file system on all data partitions. This is an older machine (K6-2 350 CPU).
If you need any further info, just ask.
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Re[2]: Strange problem
Hi!
I have reinstalled RH8.0, because I had to make the machine work.
But as I am curious about the problem, I will answer the questions.
Ray Olszewski <[email protected]> wrote
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You really haven't told us enough for good diagnosis. From what you did
write, I'd guess there is a problem with mounting partitions other
than
Quoted 2 lines
the
root (/) one (maybe including /, depending on the details of the /etc
I had everything on 1 partition and used the other partitions (mounted into /mnt) for data storage.
So the / was on the same partition as /etc /boot and also everything else.
And the programs were able to open some files, but other not.
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problems you allude to). User root's home directory is normally on the root
...
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almost
never is (I've never seen a case where it was, and doing it that way would
cause real problems during init).
Every directory was on the same partition.
(except explicitli mounted directories)
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Check the status of mounted partitions in
/etc/mtabto verify that
they
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are
mounted RW (and that they are actually mounted as ext3, not ext2). Try (as
root) umount'ing them, then fsck'ing them, in case they failed an automated
fsck during init (this seems farfetched since you use ext3
filesystems,
Quoted 2 lines
but
it's all I can think of).
I checked the partitions during boot, and nothing was found. I can not check mtab now :-(
Quoted 2 lines
Since this happened after a reboot (at least I think that's what you wrote), you might want to verify that you are running the same kernel
as
Quoted 1 line
you were before the reboot.
There was only one kernel...
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I'd classify the chance that this is a virus as quite small. The hard-reset
question does make me think of fsck problems with the filesystems.
Actually when I turned off the machine, there were [FAILED] programs (eg xfs, etc) and they weren't always the same. This was the reason that I thought about viruses.
Quoted 3 lines
If that doesn't turn up anything, post again, this time quoting the actual
error messages instead of paraphrasing them.
I can not do this anymore, but the error messages that I wrote were nearly the actual, this means I didn't wore the meaning of them, but what I saw, only when I wanted to log in as a user, I can't see the message for a long time, so I wasn't sure.
As I can not give you more actual information about the system (because it has been reinstalled), I don't know if you could guess the source of the problem.
But I would than you Ray for the guesses!
Best regards,
Akos
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Re[2]: Strange problem
In reply to Ray OlszewskiHi!
I have reinstalled RH8.0, because I had to make the machine work.
But as I am curious about the problem, I will answer the questions.
Ray Olszewski <[email protected]> wrote
Quoted 3 lines
You really haven't told us enough for good diagnosis. From what you did
write, I'd guess there is a problem with mounting partitions other
than
Quoted 2 lines
the
root (/) one (maybe including /, depending on the details of the /etc
I had everything on 1 partition and used the other partitions (mounted into /mnt) for data storage.
So the / was on the same partition as /etc /boot and also everything else.
And the programs were able to open some files, but other not.
Quoted 2 lines
problems you allude to). User root's home directory is normally on the root
...
Quoted 4 lines
almost
never is (I've never seen a case where it was, and doing it that way would
cause real problems during init).
Every directory was on the same partition.
(except explicitli mounted directories)
Quoted 1 line
Check the status of mounted partitions in
/etc/mtabto verify that
they
Quoted 6 lines
are
mounted RW (and that they are actually mounted as ext3, not ext2). Try (as
root) umount'ing them, then fsck'ing them, in case they failed an automated
fsck during init (this seems farfetched since you use ext3
filesystems,
Quoted 2 lines
but
it's all I can think of).
I checked the partitions during boot, and nothing was found. I can not check mtab now :-(
Quoted 2 lines
Since this happened after a reboot (at least I think that's what you wrote), you might want to verify that you are running the same kernel
as
Quoted 1 line
you were before the reboot.
There was only one kernel...
Quoted 3 lines
I'd classify the chance that this is a virus as quite small. The hard-reset
question does make me think of fsck problems with the filesystems.
Actually when I turned off the machine, there were [FAILED] programs (eg xfs, etc) and they weren't always the same. This was the reason that I thought about viruses.
Quoted 3 lines
If that doesn't turn up anything, post again, this time quoting the actual
error messages instead of paraphrasing them.
I can not do this anymore, but the error messages that I wrote were nearly the actual, this means I didn't wore the meaning of them, but what I saw, only when I wanted to log in as a user, I can't see the message for a long time, so I wasn't sure.
As I can not give you more actual information about the system (because it has been reinstalled), I don't know if you could guess the source of the problem.
But I want to than you Ray for the guesses!
Best regards,
Akos
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