Donald D Henson <wepin@wepin.com> wrote:

On Sun, 2004-01-25 at 17:10, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:

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On 01/26/2004 01:40 AM, Donald Henson wrote:

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On Sun, 2004-01-25 at 07:05, Donald Henson wrote:

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I just finished using Synaptic to upgrade a bunch of Gnome stuff,

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Did you run ldconfig AND SuSEconfig after the update ???

This needs to be done after closing Synaptic, since it locks the rpm database.

You could do it from the console.

-- Joe Morris

No. In fact I got myself in such deep trouble that I couldn't log into either gui. I eventually reinstalled everything from scratch.

But thanks for the suggestion anyway. Don Henson

Don, I am puzzled by your comment: "I couldn't log into either gui" So what, I think what Joe was suggesting was you go to a Virtual Terminal, such as: "Ctrl-Alt-F1" Yes, this a "Console", but doesn't require that you be able to log into either the Gnome or KDE gui. (In fact you can get there from boot.) Whatever, log in as root (by giving the root passwoard) Then do "init 3" (login again if necessary, as root) Then do: "SuSEconfig --verbose" Then do: "ldconfig -v" do: "sync" Then for the fun of it do again: "SuSEconfig" (It should run real fast the second time.) Now do: "init 5" (Don't forget to comback and close the virtual term, Ctrl-Alt-F1, with a enter, then with a "ctrl + d" enter) Or if he didn't --- I would suggest it. By going to run level 3 (init 3), you are under "KDE" and "Gnone". and running the "boot scripts" What I am sugesting is a "belt and suspenders" approach, and some may LOL for doing "SuSEcong twice". but it's like whisling as you walk past a graveyard, it can't hurt. and it has the advantage tht is usually works for me, even when I got myself in "deep trouble." Hope this helps, Gar -- In the Beginning was the Command Line ---Neal Stephenson -- __________________________________________________________________ New! Unlimited Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Act now to get a personalized email address! Netscape. Just the Net You Need.