Black Screen After YUM Update Revisited:

[Mark Sargent]

Mark Sargent wrote:

> Paul Howarth wrote:
>
>> Mark Sargent wrote:
>>
>>> Hacksaw wrote:
>>>
>>>> Maybe before you blow away these files, we should look at their 
>>>> permissions?
>>>>
>>>> cd /tmp; ls -l .font* .X*
>>>>  
>>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> okay, the netsat gave nothing. The permissions are as follows,
>>>
>>> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 51 Feb 15 01:23 .fonts.cache-1
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 2 00:26 .Xauthority
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 1126 Aug 24 1995 .Xresources
>>
>>
>>
>> Is this definitely the FC2 /tmp and not the knoppix /tmp?
>>
>> What's the permissions on the FC2 /tmp itself?
>>
>> $ ls -ld /tmp
>>
>>> P.S. When doing the cd /tmp; ls -l .font* .X* I tried with > 
>>> filepath at the end, but kept getting a dir doesn't exist 
>>> message...how can I do that so that it writes to a file, so I can 
>>> open/view/copy/paste from within Knoppix3.7.? Cheers.
>>
>>
>>
>> That should have worked; what was the filepath?
>>
>> Paul.
>>
> Hi All,
>
> sorry, forgot to touch/create the file before writing to 
> it..lol...yes, definitely the FC2 /tmp permissions..why..? something 
> not right..? hacksaw, what were you looking for with the netstat..? 
> Shall I go ahead and blow away those files now, guys..? Cheers.
>
> Mark Sargent.
>
Hi All,

guys, exhausted...off to bed..will do some more tomorrow..once again, 
thanx for your help..cheers.

P.S. Paul, how's the time-zone...hehe..

Mark Sargent.