[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Help Request
Dennis Rice
dearroz at comcast.net
Wed Sep 28 10:11:39 CDT 2005
Expanding on what Fred wrote, I have had a problem in the past where the
X just quit because the HD had filled up. I deleted un-needed files and
got the system running again. Apparently, X likes to write more to the
disk than to just the SWAP partition, so when no space left, it dies.
Hope the additioinal insight helps.
Dennis Rice
Fred wrote:
> ...
> What would cause this kind of failure? A scribbled disk? Maybe from a
> power hit? She has no battery backup and she leaves the system on all
> the time.
>
>
...
As others have said, it's hard to say without the error info; it could
be many things.
OTOH, this sounds like a disk partition may have filled up. I see weird
stuff on my system when that happens, and it always takes me awhile to
figure out something that simple. :-)
Anyway, with some more info, we can give you some better guesses...
Kevin
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