Can't move or run

Pyrophorus · 01-18-2005, 04:08 AM

I can move to some directories...others I just get a "No such file or Directory",
even though I've seen that they do exist.

I've also seen "xorgsetup", but when I type the path in, I get the same error
as above.

gunzip doesn't seem to be working either.

Any ideas/solutions

jrtayloriv · 01-18-2005, 04:14 AM

Sounds to me like something might have altered your PATH variable. Go to a shell and type "$PATH" and post the output.

jrtayloriv

Pyrophorus · 01-19-2005, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jrtayloriv
Sounds to me like something might have altered your PATH variable. Go to a shell and type "$PATH" and post the output.

I got
-bash: usr/local/bin:usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/kde/bin:/usr/lib/qt/bin:.:No such file or directory

Thanks

Tuttle · 01-19-2005, 04:56 PM

Could you post examples of your problem, the command line output and how you know the file exists?

Pyrophorus · 01-23-2005, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tuttle
Could you post examples of your problem, the command line output and how you know the file exists?

Well I made a database, so that I can use slocate to find files.

Buit I also use the whereis command

e.g.:

Code:

# slocate xorg
/etc/X11/xorg.conf-vesa
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf-fbdev
/usr/X11R6/bin/xorgsetup

Code:

#whereis init
init: /sbin/init /usr/man/man8/init.8 /usr/share/man/man8/init.8

jrtayloriv · 01-23-2005, 05:43 AM

When you tried to run them, were you logged in as root?

jrtayloriv

d00msweek · 01-23-2005, 07:00 AM

what's the output of ls -la /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgsetup

try logging in as root then type the following

Code:

chmod +x /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgsetup
xorgsetup

Pyrophorus · 01-23-2005, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jrtayloriv
When you tried to run them, were you logged in as root?

I was logged in as root.

Tuttle · 01-23-2005, 05:46 PM

It's probably a permissions thing.
If you can't execute it, as doomsweek said, chmod a+x /path/to/file

Pyrophorus · 01-25-2005, 03:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by d00msweek
what's the output of ls -la /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgsetup

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 4666 May 29 2004 /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgsetup*

Quote:

try logging in as root then type the following

Code:

chmod +x /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgsetup xorgsetup

I used tuttle's a+x chmod and after trying to run it, I just get the same root prompt.

Tuttle · 01-25-2005, 05:09 AM

Are other parts of your system ok? I have not seen anything like this before.
If xorg is the main problem then I would suggest reinstalling it or getting the upgrades from here and doing "upgradepkg /path/to/upgrades/*.tgz".