[Cialug] Problems with ubuntu 5.10

[laith]

do the referenced files in /usr/share/apps... exist?

run the following:
df -h

is the drive low on space in the needed volume.

Laith

ralph wrote:
> I'm still not quite sure why I'm getting these problems but I appreciate 
> your suggestions for tracking them down. I did boot from a different 
> image and that seems to help. But the main problem seems to be with .....
> kbuildsycoca running...
> konsole: WARNING: Unable to use /usr/share/apps/konsole/mc.desktop
> konsole: WARNING: Unable to use /usr/share/apps/konsole/sumc.desktop
> and this segment from dmesg
> 
> On Sun, 2006-04-30 at 15:07 -0500, Paul Gray wrote:
> 
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>>On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 02:43:24PM -0500, ralph wrote:
>>> I've installed ubuntu 5.10 and it has worked well for me until recently
>>> when I started to get lock ups and freezes. The only when to get system
>>> to unlock is with the 3 finger salute. It is more than annoying. How may
>>> i restore a corrupted kernel?
>>
>>If the system responds to 3-finger salutes, then the system hasn't really gone 
>>down.  I like to think that if you have caps-locks or num-locks responsivity, 
>>then you can still salvage/diagnose the issue and ressurect the system.
>>A diagnosis of the problem goes a lot further than a 3-finger salute any day.
>>So can you provide a better description of your problem?
>>
>>What do you mean by a lockup?  X stop working? (try cntl-alt-bksp
>>instead of cntl-alt-del), or jump to a terminal (cntl-alt-f1) and tail 
>>the logs. No keyboard input (but it recognizes cntl-alt-del???)  or mouse
>>frozen?  
>>
>>What does dmesg say?  Is there anything consistent
>>that causes the lockup?  Your comment about restoring a corrupted kernel: do
>>you mean how to restore a functional kernel?  If so, what bootloader are you
>>using, and why might the current kernel be corrupt?  Did you recompile?
>>
>>You post leads to more questions than can be grappled with without further
>>description.
>>
>>
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