[opensuse] openSUSE Login screen : GNOME login window
Hello again , Well I recently stumbled upon the GNOME login screen(want to change it).I found very cool ones here [1] .But when I downloaded,I am unable to use it . I tried going into 'Appearances' and then install it.But it showed error.I also tried with gdmsetup but it seems like I need some guidance.I hope you can provide me some. So how do I change into the one I downloaded . . . ? [1] http://art.gnome.org/themes/gdm_greeter Thanks Ravi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday, 2010-05-26 at 23:05 +0530, Ravi Shukla wrote:
Hello again ,
Well I recently stumbled upon the GNOME login screen(want to change it).I found very cool ones here [1] .But when I downloaded,I am unable to use it .
using the procedure...?
I tried going into 'Appearances' and then install it.But it showed error.
And the error is...? And the steps you did before getting the error were...? Crystal balls are pretty unreliable, you know. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkv9X00ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9VyAACfRzBXEaUxTDSYORB59AoOOtpb NFIAn2Gtv/bz5LyFdggfx9KhG8XrLW7U =t8wZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
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On Wednesday, 2010-05-26 at 23:05 +0530, Ravi Shukla wrote:
Hello again ,
Well I recently stumbled upon the GNOME login screen(want to change it).I found very cool ones here [1] .But when I downloaded,I am unable to use it .
using the procedure...?
going to - control center>Appearance>click on install>and then select the tar.gz file
I tried going into 'Appearances' and then install it.But it showed error.
And the error is...?
"There was an error installing the selected file" ""BlueSwirl" does not appear to be a valid theme"
And the steps you did before getting the error were...?
the above procedure
Crystal balls are pretty unreliable, you know.
Sorry I dont get you
- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
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On 05/26/2010 01:57 PM, Ravi Shukla pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
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On Wednesday, 2010-05-26 at 23:05 +0530, Ravi Shukla wrote:
Hello again ,
Well I recently stumbled upon the GNOME login screen(want to change it).I found very cool ones here [1] .But when I downloaded,I am unable to use it .
using the procedure...?
going to - control center>Appearance>click on install>and then select the tar.gz file
You may have to un-archive it first. I don't use Gnome so I can't say for sure.
I tried going into 'Appearances' and then install it.But it showed error.
And the error is...?
"There was an error installing the selected file" ""BlueSwirl" does not appear to be a valid theme"
And the steps you did before getting the error were...?
the above procedure
Crystal balls are pretty unreliable, you know.
Sorry I dont get you
Meaning you have a crystal ball or you don't know what a crystal ball is? It means people on this list can't read your mind and you need to supply more information when requesting help. :-) -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Ken Schneider - openSUSE <suse-list3@bout-tyme.net> wrote:
On 05/26/2010 01:57 PM, Ravi Shukla pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
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On Wednesday, 2010-05-26 at 23:05 +0530, Ravi Shukla wrote:
Hello again ,
Well I recently stumbled upon the GNOME login screen(want to change it).I found very cool ones here [1] .But when I downloaded,I am unable to use it .
using the procedure...?
going to - control center>Appearance>click on install>and then select the tar.gz file
You may have to un-archive it first. I don't use Gnome so I can't say for sure.
I tried but the same thing :( . Anyone else :-) ?
I tried going into 'Appearances' and then install it.But it showed error.
And the error is...?
"There was an error installing the selected file" ""BlueSwirl" does not appear to be a valid theme"
And the steps you did before getting the error were...?
the above procedure
Crystal balls are pretty unreliable, you know.
Sorry I dont get you
Meaning you have a crystal ball or you don't know what a crystal ball is? It means people on this list can't read your mind and you need to supply more information when requesting help. :-)
I'll take care from next time onwards :)
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Ravi Shukla ha scritto:
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Ken Schneider - openSUSE <suse-list3@bout-tyme.net> wrote:
On 05/26/2010 01:57 PM, Ravi Shukla pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
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On Wednesday, 2010-05-26 at 23:05 +0530, Ravi Shukla wrote:
Hello again ,
Well I recently stumbled upon the GNOME login screen(want to change it).I found very cool ones here [1] .But when I downloaded,I am unable to use it .
using the procedure...?
going to - control center>Appearance>click on install>and then select the tar.gz file
You may have to un-archive it first. I don't use Gnome so I can't say for sure.
I tried but the same thing :( .
Anyone else :-) ?
I tried going into 'Appearances' and then install it.But it showed error.
And the error is...?
"There was an error installing the selected file" ""BlueSwirl" does not appear to be a valid theme"
And the steps you did before getting the error were...?
the above procedure
Crystal balls are pretty unreliable, you know.
Sorry I dont get you
Meaning you have a crystal ball or you don't know what a crystal ball is? It means people on this list can't read your mind and you need to supply more information when requesting help. :-)
I'll take care from next time onwards :)
-- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Be warned that some greeters do not get installed onto latest 11.2 Gnome (I also dislike last openSUSE Gnome greeters).
Some of the best arquives (Themes,Greeters,Bootsplash) have an installation description with also reports the system requirements, give a look. Cheers, -- Marco Calistri <amdturion> We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered. -- Tom Stoppard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 09:19 +0530, Ravi Shukla wrote:
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Ken Schneider - openSUSE
Well I recently stumbled upon the GNOME login screen(want to change it).I found very cool ones here [1] .But when I downloaded,I am unable to use it . using the procedure...? going to - control center>Appearance>click on install>and then select the tar.gz file You may have to un-archive it first. I don't use Gnome so I can't say for sure. I tried but the same thing :( . Anyone else :-) ?
GDM is a full-fledged Gtk app these days [I think]. Therefore it loads its display/theme preferences from its user account like anything else [there is a user account named "gdm"]. You can run the appearance manage for GDM by doing the following in gnome-terminal: $ su Password: $ gnomesu --user=gdm --command="dbus-launch gnome-appearance-properties" When you restart GDM will have your modified preferences. -- Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org> LPIC-1, Novell CLA <http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com> OpenGroupware, Cyrus IMAPd, Postfix, OpenLDAP, Samba -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hello , Well I read this message late and installed gdm from http://software.opensuse.org/search. And now my PC doesnt show the desktop.Instead I get a command line screem asking for login and password.When I am done entering the details it stays at it is and no result :( . Any help on this ? (I have very important docs and family pics in the disk and I dont want to loose it ) On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org> wrote:
On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 09:19 +0530, Ravi Shukla wrote:
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Ken Schneider - openSUSE
Well I recently stumbled upon the GNOME login screen(want to change it).I found very cool ones here [1] .But when I downloaded,I am unable to use it . using the procedure...? going to - control center>Appearance>click on install>and then select the tar.gz file You may have to un-archive it first. I don't use Gnome so I can't say for sure. I tried but the same thing :( . Anyone else :-) ?
GDM is a full-fledged Gtk app these days [I think]. Therefore it loads its display/theme preferences from its user account like anything else [there is a user account named "gdm"]. You can run the appearance manage for GDM by doing the following in gnome-terminal:
$ su Password: $ gnomesu --user=gdm --command="dbus-launch gnome-appearance-properties"
When you restart GDM will have your modified preferences.
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On 05/27/2010 09:36 AM, Ravi Shukla wrote:
desktop.Instead I get a command line screem asking for login and password.When I am done entering the details it stays at it is and no result :( .
Any help on this ? (I have very important docs and family pics in the disk and I dont want to loose it )
What does .xsession-errors report? also just because X is broken at the moment doesn't mean the file system is. But you should always keep a backup of your home directory. -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Any help on this ? (I have very important docs and family pics in the disk and I dont want to loose it )
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On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
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On Thursday, 2010-05-27 at 19:06 +0530, Ravi Shukla wrote:
Any help on this ? (I have very important docs and family pics in the disk and I dont want to loose it )
You can access them in text mode.
I know its a silly question, but how can I transfer it to my portable hard drive ? Thanks in advance ;-)
- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
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On 05/27/2010 02:00 PM, Ravi Shukla wrote:
I know its a silly question, but how can I transfer it to my portable hard drive ?
Thanks in advance ;-)
plug in the hard drive, then run the command mount to see where the drive gets mounted and then copy it all over -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Michael S. Dunsavage <mikesd1981@verizon.net> wrote:
On 05/27/2010 02:00 PM, Ravi Shukla wrote:
I know its a silly question, but how can I transfer it to my portable hard drive ?
Thanks in advance ;-)
plug in the hard drive, then run the command mount to see where the drive gets mounted and then copy it all over
He's a poor windows guy who had X crash on him. Can't someone tell him how to use MC, etc. to do it. I'm way old school CLI, so I never learned MC. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday, 2010-05-27 at 23:30 +0530, Ravi Shukla wrote:
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Carlos E. R. <> wrote:
Any help on this ? (I have very important docs and family pics in the disk and I dont want to loose it )
You can access them in text mode.
I know its a silly question, but how can I transfer it to my portable hard drive ?
Ok. First, you can open several terminals in text mode, and go from one to the other via ctrl-alt-F1, F2... to F6. In one of them log in as root, and type "tailf /var/log/messages". Then, plug in the external hard disk. You will see appearing messages in that terminal that will tell the device name the disk gets. Similar to this: nimrodel kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning nimrodel kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 nimrodel kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 15695871 512-byte hardware sectors (8036 MB) nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 45 00 00 08 nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 15695871 512-byte hardware sectors (8036 MB) nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 45 00 00 08 nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through nimrodel kernel: sda: sda1 The important thing above is "sda1", the partition. Then open another terminal, as root. Make sure you have a mount point available, an empty directory like /mnt, or /mnt/tmp. You can verify the external disk is the correct one by several methods. One: nimrodel:~ # file -s /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: x86 boot sector Another: nimrodel:~ # fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 2041 MB, 2041577472 bytes 61 heads, 60 sectors/track, 1089 cylinders Units = cylinders of 3660 * 512 = 1873920 bytes Disk identifier: 0x04030201 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 1090 1993608 6 FAT16 We now only have to mount it: nimrodel:~ # mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/tmp nimrodel:~ # Or: nimrodel:~ # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/tmp (normally it will autodetec the file system type). Then an "ls /mnt/mnt" will tell you if things worked. Next step is to copy everything you need. If it is your user's things, log into another terminal (you have six), this time as your normal user, and type "mc". This is a file browser in text mode. In fact, it is so good that I use it in graphical mode, too. Use one of the panels to chose what to copy (the "ins" key selects files), and in the other panel the destination. F5 will copy. You can copy entire directories. If the destination is an vfat disk, and you want to save user and permission data, you can store to an archive: navigate to a directory (like /home/user), inside, and type "F2". You get a menu, and one of the entries will be "Compress the current subdirectory (tar.gz)". Use it. You get the archive by default in the parent of the current directory. After you finish, type as root "umount /mnt/mnt". If it refuses (busy) make sure you are not inside that directory in one of the terminals. A backup is always necessary, but you can try to simply reinstall "gdm". Or, uninstall gdm and install kdm for a while. Or xdm. The problem is that reinstalling gdm perhaps doesn't replace configuration files that you modified. HTH - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkv+2qMACgkQtTMYHG2NR9VEugCeMbexmKLlWubj106PQr1Kmsv0 3CYAniRjEaH34WFiJN0PVhBxIfP6/tl3 =Hubq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
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On Thursday, 2010-05-27 at 23:30 +0530, Ravi Shukla wrote:
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Carlos E. R. <> wrote:
Any help on this ? (I have very important docs and family pics in the disk and I dont want to loose it )
You can access them in text mode.
I know its a silly question, but how can I transfer it to my portable hard drive ?
Ok. First, you can open several terminals in text mode, and go from one to the other via ctrl-alt-F1, F2... to F6. In one of them log in as root, and type "tailf /var/log/messages". Then, plug in the external hard disk. You will see appearing messages in that terminal that will tell the device name the disk gets. Similar to this:
nimrodel kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning nimrodel kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 nimrodel kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 15695871 512-byte hardware sectors (8036 MB) nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 45 00 00 08 nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 15695871 512-byte hardware sectors (8036 MB) nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 45 00 00 08 nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through nimrodel kernel: sda: sda1
The important thing above is "sda1", the partition. Then open another terminal, as root. Make sure you have a mount point available, an empty directory like /mnt, or /mnt/tmp.
You can verify the external disk is the correct one by several methods. One:
nimrodel:~ # file -s /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: x86 boot sector
Another:
nimrodel:~ # fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 2041 MB, 2041577472 bytes 61 heads, 60 sectors/track, 1089 cylinders Units = cylinders of 3660 * 512 = 1873920 bytes Disk identifier: 0x04030201
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 1090 1993608 6 FAT16
We now only have to mount it:
nimrodel:~ # mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/tmp nimrodel:~ #
Or:
nimrodel:~ # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/tmp
(normally it will autodetec the file system type).
Then an "ls /mnt/mnt" will tell you if things worked.
Next step is to copy everything you need. If it is your user's things, log into another terminal (you have six), this time as your normal user, and type "mc". This is a file browser in text mode. In fact, it is so good that I use it in graphical mode, too. Use one of the panels to chose what to copy (the "ins" key selects files), and in the other panel the destination. F5 will copy. You can copy entire directories.
If the destination is an vfat disk, and you want to save user and permission data, you can store to an archive: navigate to a directory (like /home/user), inside, and type "F2". You get a menu, and one of the entries will be "Compress the current subdirectory (tar.gz)". Use it. You get the archive by default in the parent of the current directory.
After you finish, type as root "umount /mnt/mnt". If it refuses (busy) make sure you are not inside that directory in one of the terminals.
A backup is always necessary, but you can try to simply reinstall "gdm". Or, uninstall gdm and install kdm for a while. Or xdm. The problem is that reinstalling gdm perhaps doesn't replace configuration files that you modified.
HTH
- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
Great job Carlos. You are a service to the community! Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hello, You know what , you guys just rock . Thanks to all specially Carlos ;-) . So , Yes I am reinstalling the software and will get back if anything again I stumble upon . Thanks once again Ravi On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 3:15 AM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
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On Thursday, 2010-05-27 at 23:30 +0530, Ravi Shukla wrote:
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Carlos E. R. <> wrote:
Any help on this ? (I have very important docs and family pics in the disk and I dont want to loose it )
You can access them in text mode.
I know its a silly question, but how can I transfer it to my portable hard drive ?
Ok. First, you can open several terminals in text mode, and go from one to the other via ctrl-alt-F1, F2... to F6. In one of them log in as root, and type "tailf /var/log/messages". Then, plug in the external hard disk. You will see appearing messages in that terminal that will tell the device name the disk gets. Similar to this:
nimrodel kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning nimrodel kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 nimrodel kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 15695871 512-byte hardware sectors (8036 MB) nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 45 00 00 08 nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 15695871 512-byte hardware sectors (8036 MB) nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 45 00 00 08 nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through nimrodel kernel: sda: sda1
The important thing above is "sda1", the partition. Then open another terminal, as root. Make sure you have a mount point available, an empty directory like /mnt, or /mnt/tmp.
You can verify the external disk is the correct one by several methods. One:
nimrodel:~ # file -s /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: x86 boot sector
Another:
nimrodel:~ # fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 2041 MB, 2041577472 bytes 61 heads, 60 sectors/track, 1089 cylinders Units = cylinders of 3660 * 512 = 1873920 bytes Disk identifier: 0x04030201
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 1090 1993608 6 FAT16
We now only have to mount it:
nimrodel:~ # mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/tmp nimrodel:~ #
Or:
nimrodel:~ # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/tmp
(normally it will autodetec the file system type).
Then an "ls /mnt/mnt" will tell you if things worked.
Next step is to copy everything you need. If it is your user's things, log into another terminal (you have six), this time as your normal user, and type "mc". This is a file browser in text mode. In fact, it is so good that I use it in graphical mode, too. Use one of the panels to chose what to copy (the "ins" key selects files), and in the other panel the destination. F5 will copy. You can copy entire directories.
If the destination is an vfat disk, and you want to save user and permission data, you can store to an archive: navigate to a directory (like /home/user), inside, and type "F2". You get a menu, and one of the entries will be "Compress the current subdirectory (tar.gz)". Use it. You get the archive by default in the parent of the current directory.
After you finish, type as root "umount /mnt/mnt". If it refuses (busy) make sure you are not inside that directory in one of the terminals.
A backup is always necessary, but you can try to simply reinstall "gdm". Or, uninstall gdm and install kdm for a while. Or xdm. The problem is that reinstalling gdm perhaps doesn't replace configuration files that you modified.
HTH
- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
Great job Carlos.
You are a service to the community!
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Just a note : I tried again reinstalling the OS and then gdm . But it again showed the same thing.So it seems like the gdm itself is broken (or not) , anyhow thanks all once again. P.S Thank god I had a backup this time ;-) On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Ravi Shukla <rvshkl18@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
You know what , you guys just rock . Thanks to all specially Carlos ;-) . So , Yes I am reinstalling the software and will get back if anything again I stumble upon .
Thanks once again
Ravi
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 3:15 AM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
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On Thursday, 2010-05-27 at 23:30 +0530, Ravi Shukla wrote:
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Carlos E. R. <> wrote:
Any help on this ? (I have very important docs and family pics in the disk and I dont want to loose it )
You can access them in text mode.
I know its a silly question, but how can I transfer it to my portable hard drive ?
Ok. First, you can open several terminals in text mode, and go from one to the other via ctrl-alt-F1, F2... to F6. In one of them log in as root, and type "tailf /var/log/messages". Then, plug in the external hard disk. You will see appearing messages in that terminal that will tell the device name the disk gets. Similar to this:
nimrodel kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning nimrodel kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 nimrodel kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 15695871 512-byte hardware sectors (8036 MB) nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 45 00 00 08 nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 15695871 512-byte hardware sectors (8036 MB) nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 45 00 00 08 nimrodel kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through nimrodel kernel: sda: sda1
The important thing above is "sda1", the partition. Then open another terminal, as root. Make sure you have a mount point available, an empty directory like /mnt, or /mnt/tmp.
You can verify the external disk is the correct one by several methods. One:
nimrodel:~ # file -s /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: x86 boot sector
Another:
nimrodel:~ # fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 2041 MB, 2041577472 bytes 61 heads, 60 sectors/track, 1089 cylinders Units = cylinders of 3660 * 512 = 1873920 bytes Disk identifier: 0x04030201
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 1090 1993608 6 FAT16
We now only have to mount it:
nimrodel:~ # mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/tmp nimrodel:~ #
Or:
nimrodel:~ # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/tmp
(normally it will autodetec the file system type).
Then an "ls /mnt/mnt" will tell you if things worked.
Next step is to copy everything you need. If it is your user's things, log into another terminal (you have six), this time as your normal user, and type "mc". This is a file browser in text mode. In fact, it is so good that I use it in graphical mode, too. Use one of the panels to chose what to copy (the "ins" key selects files), and in the other panel the destination. F5 will copy. You can copy entire directories.
If the destination is an vfat disk, and you want to save user and permission data, you can store to an archive: navigate to a directory (like /home/user), inside, and type "F2". You get a menu, and one of the entries will be "Compress the current subdirectory (tar.gz)". Use it. You get the archive by default in the parent of the current directory.
After you finish, type as root "umount /mnt/mnt". If it refuses (busy) make sure you are not inside that directory in one of the terminals.
A backup is always necessary, but you can try to simply reinstall "gdm". Or, uninstall gdm and install kdm for a while. Or xdm. The problem is that reinstalling gdm perhaps doesn't replace configuration files that you modified.
HTH
- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
Great job Carlos.
You are a service to the community!
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, 2010-05-29 at 11:47 +0530, Ravi Shukla wrote:
Just a note : I tried again reinstalling the OS and then gdm . But it again showed the same thing.So it seems like the gdm itself is broken (or not) , anyhow thanks all once again.
Full new install, formatting the hard disk, gnome default install? I don't see the need then to install gdm separately. it comes with the default installation. If that's not what you did, please clarify. (gdm works fine in all my machines. I never update gnome except from official sources - meaning: no OBS) - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkwA6mkACgkQtTMYHG2NR9Wa0QCdH7bunRhGzUnO7GyNgKRMgGJ4 Y+EAnRKNdoS7538QUKleNNSdYkrtgfZX =C/hp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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