<div>Right - I deleted the contents of /var/log - but now i'm getting "unable to connect to database" errors.</div>
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<div>Anyone know whats going wrong?<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Mike Holden <<a href="mailto:mythtv@mikeholden.org">mythtv@mikeholden.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">The problem looks to be that you have no space to create the Xorg log<br>file, hence X is failing to start.<br>
<br>You should be able to boot up to a lower runlevel, which will disable<br>starting X.<br><br>X starts in runlevel 5, but if you boot to runlevel 1 instead, this will<br>give you a "sysadmin" mode which disables a lot of the system, but will<br>
allow you to get in and free up some disk space.<br><br>I don't know what your system setup is, but you will need to interrupt<br>your boot process and change the default runlevel. If you use grub (quite<br>likely), then follow this simple HOWTO to boot into single-user mode and<br>
get yourself sorted out. Once you have freed up enough space, use the<br>command "init 5" to take you to runlevel 5, which is your "normal" mode.<br><br><a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grub-boot-into-single-user-mode/" target="_blank">http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grub-boot-into-single-user-mode/</a><br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c"><br>Ben Coates wrote:<br>> It powers up. I dont get a login prompt as my system's not set up that<br>> way.<br>> After 30 secs or so I get a mouse cursor and a message saying X can't<br>
> start.<br>> And then the system resets itself...repeat over and over...<br>><br>> So I can't interact with the machine at all...<br>><br>> Going to try the live CD suggestion and see whether that works.<br>
><br>> Thanks for your help<br>><br>> B :)<br>><br>> On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Yan Seiner <<a href="mailto:yan@seiner.com">yan@seiner.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> Ben Coates wrote:<br>
>> ><br>>> > My main partition has filled up and my myth server won't start.<br>>> What exactly does that mean?<br>>><br>>> Won't power up? Won't show a login prompt? Runs fine, but doesn't<br>
>> start the backend?<br>>><br>>><br>>> ><br>>> > What are my options?<br>>><br>>> Can you boot in single mode?<br>>><br>>> Eitehr select single from the grub menu, or edit the kernel line and add<br>
>> the word single<br>>><br>>> then let it boot.<br>>><br>>> You should be able to get a shell prompt.<br>>><br>>> ><br>>> > Wanna try and avoid a complete reinstall :S<br>
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