DSL crashes after a month

Forum: HD Install
Topic: DSL crashes after a month
started by: sankarv

Posted by sankarv on June 19 2006,12:17

I suffer a problem of DSL crashing after about 40-50 bootings when installed on hard drive. This problem persisted till version 2.2 of DSL. So far i dint face any problem in 2.4
The message displays as some error in .XAuthority file and its not going to GUI. It remains in CLI only.

Hence i cannot work with it. How this could be resolved.!!

Posted by cbagger01 on June 20 2006,03:19

If you type

xsetup.sh

you can reconfigure your Xwindows settings.

To start graphical mode, type:

startx

Posted by 300c_pilot on June 20 2006,23:39

I have had this happen after a power failure or forced shut down.

Posted by Someone on June 21 2006,12:01

It might be that it has some problems checking your file systems, file system check needs to be done after x mounts, so after you have booted and you are in shell type fsck /dev/hdax (x means your / partition, usually /dev/hda1), if it gives error that your partition is mounted then i recommend to boot with dsl cd and do that check from live cd.

Posted by JustoTech on June 21 2006,23:48

Here's how I handle this issue:

If my battery dies and it shuts down I have to use Knoppix STD and mount and unmount HDA1 through the console. That hasn't failed me yet.

Posted by mikshaw on June 22 2006,03:15

I can't say this to be 100% true, but my experiences have shown that it's always good to have another linux system handy for an occasional fsck of the DSL root partition. There doesn't seem to be a way to check and fix the root filesystem from within the installed DSL, so JustoTech's idea is a good one. I generally fsck my DSL partition every few weeks from suse or slackware.

Posted by 300c_pilot on June 22 2006,06:03

" I generally fsck my DSL partition every few weeks from suse or slackware. " Wise words Mikshaw.

Posted by cbagger01 on June 25 2006,19:28

If you use ReiserFS version 3.x partitions to store your data files, filesystem corruption due to power failures will become a thing of the past.

It is also possible to build a custom frugal install that uses reiserfs for the base OS partition, but it is also easier to simply divide your base OS and your data into different partitions, with an "EXT2" partition for the base OS.

Since frugal is read-only, you shouldn't need to worry about filesystem corruption if your EXT2 partition is only used for the storage of the DSL compressed image file and of myDSL extensions.

Posted by Thulemanden on July 12 2006,21:04

Quote (300c_pilot @ June 20 2006,20:39)

I have had this happen after a power failure or forced shut down.

A cheap UPS is a great security blanket. Can also be used to run a power saving bulb for a couiple of hours.

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on July 12 2006,22:52

I believe I have encountered this before, and fixed it with some option by using the xauth program.