Has anyone ever heard of this?

Yes, sort of. 'Twas a case of a full root partition. X/GUI login bombed, but could still telnet to it, so was able to delete a bunch of hidden "trashcan" files and fix the problem. Can you (telnet/ssh)?

[edit: Dang! Aced out with a better answer! Oh, well, post count ++]


Edited by jimhogan (26/03/2002 23:17)
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