[vox-tech] Re: please help

[Bruce Wolk]

If it is just a matter of getting a file off ASAP, why not boot with 
Knoppix as a rescue cd and copy it off?

Bruce

Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> Short on details.  Did someone tell him that his home directory is almost
> certainly safe and sound?  He may be freaking out.  I know that I would.
> 
> Is /home on its own partition?
> 
> Do we have output of "mount"?  Maybe it's as simple as a KDE thing.  Has he
> tried to log in on the console?
> 
> Do we have dmesg output?
> 
> What happens when he tries to manually mount /home?
> 
> Pete
> 
> 
> On Fri 11 Mar 05,  9:13 AM, Jonathan Stickel <jjstickel at sbcglobal.net> said:
> 
>>I just called Mike to see if I could help him quickly by phone.  It 
>>seems like his home directory has disappeared, and he says a file system 
>>check did not fix things.  This is probably outside the scope of my 
>>expertise.  Is someone able to help him?
>>
>>Jonathan
>>
>>
>>Michael Siminitus wrote:
>>
>>>1- Michael Siminitus, [address, phone removed] – call anytime -ASAP 
>>>please
>>>
>>>2- see full specs at: 
>>>http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/Gateway/200ARC/3501609sp83.shtml
>>>
>>>2- Mandrake 10.
>>>
>>>3- I cannot log on, except as root or the new user I created. The error 
>>>I keep getting is:
>>>* There was an error setting up inter-process communications for KDE. 
>>>The message returned by the system was:
>>>Could not read network connection list.
>>>//.DCOPserver_localhost_0
>>>Please check that the “dcopserver” program is running
>>>
>>>4- sorry, it's on my laptop and I can't retype that whole thing.
>>>
>>>5- I have a paper trapped in the machine I need to turn in tomorrow. I 
>>>don't know if it is possible, but it would be GREAT if I could bring the 
>>>laptop to someone tomorrow morning who could help out.