[olug] Now what...

[Steve Busby]

On Sunday 05 October 2003 05:48 pm, Tom wrote:
> Looks like it is Knoppix/Debian 3.0
> When it is booting it says Ver 2.78 Knoppix/Debian.
>
> There only appears to be 2 files that run in X11 directory.  X gives me the
> blank screen with X in middle (I can move it with mouse) like it is trying
> to start but never does.  After about 5 minutes I did ctl,alt backspace and
> it took me back to text screen I did startx again and got same errors as
> before could not start kdeinit and could not start ksmserver check
> installation.
> Other than the fact HDA3 is read-only and I don't have gui interface system
> appears fine.
>
> Tom

Let's backup, you're still getting hda3 as read-only, but with the exception 
of x windows, your box is booting everything else fine?  Are booting into 
single-user mode?  Is the boot processing coming up with error(s), then 
having you enter the root password?

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