Re: helixcode update gone bad for RH7

[lee <lee imyourhandiman com>]

I did the same thing as well........I did custom install and installed again
without formating of course..

is that what is necessary to reformat?

i shouldn't think so but..........

please let me know:)

thanks :-)
lee
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Joachim Backes wrote:

> On 25-Oct-2000 lee wrote:
> >
> >  was doing the helixgnome install for RH7.0 last night and i got HD full
> >  error......my /tmp area must have become huge?......or
> >  something......anyway upon rebooting I got:
> >
> >  black blinking (where the monitor makes audible two beep noises ) screen
> >  and no desktop to load of course..........in /etc/X11/xdm-error? it says
> >  down page or two:
> >
> >  fatal server error:
> >
> >  could not open default font 'fixed'
> >
> >  can someone give me semi-novice walk through ofhow to repair system to get
> >  my desktop back...
>
> Hi, lee,
>
>  I had similar problems too, and I re-installed my complete RH 7.0
> system to get gnome running (with the origin RH 7.0 gnome).
>
> I guess, there is a function missing in of helix code installer which backups
> the old GNOME installation (for such cases as you described).
>
> Regards
>
> Joachim Backes
>
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