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Subject: Re: seriously considering gettin replacement for my registered From: Rick Forrester <rickf@crow.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 08:59:37 -0700 linux_redhat6@hotmail.com said: > Hello yet again, > Thanks again I'll have a look at /var/log/ > to reiterate the problem again: - > 1) GNOME doesn't want to start up. It crashes. > 2) when I want to reboot the linux box. By typing "reboot" or > "shutdown -r now". During the boot the message claims I have not > dismounted properly and checks it for errors. Danny, if you seriously want to put an end to problems with installation related issues and get on with learning something, you need to approach this in a simple and straight-forward way. Thusfar you've given incomplete answers to queries about your system and little real information about the hardware involved - at least, not in a comprehensive way. Would you please try doing the following: 1. From the command line execute the command "hwdiag" (in /etc/sbin, I believe) and save the output - there's a screen for that purpose. 2. Execute the command "startx >& xerrors.log". 3. Post a brief description of how & what you installed from the cdrom when you did your installation, along with the hwdiag output and the contents of the xerror.log file. Doing the above might just give one of us a chance to figure out what's going on. ===