Santo wrote:
> The reason why I do not find the commands is that he /usr file system
> is not mounted automatically at boot. I have to mount it manually
> everytime I log in...
> after mounting /usr I exit and log in again , and only then I get the
> proper PATH for root.

By my memory, you recently had trouble mounting the swap partition...
Its possible a mistake in /etc/fstab may have disabled the automatic
mounting of /usr.

Check fstab; it should have a line like this to mount /usr:
/dev/hda6 /usr reiserfs defaults 1 2

Change /dev/hda6 to point to the proper partition, and change reiserfs
to ext3 or whatever filesystem you are using. In particular, make sure
that the option "noauto" does not appear on this line; this would
prevent automatic mounting of the filesystem.

> Now there is a problem with the X server.... I think.
> When I type xstart, or vim, I get the message :
> "Error while trying to load shared library...libXmuu.so.....file does
> not exist"
> "Error while trying to load shared library...libX11.so.6...file does
> not exist"
> ( sorry I can not be more precise now, I did not write it down and I am
> trying to remember it...),...

These libraries should all be under /usr/X11R6/lib. Fixing the /usr
problem might fix these libraries as well.

Later,
Daniel

Thanks everybody for the help. I tried everything you asked me to do
but everything was fine...right permissions ...correct /stc/fstab
file...
....then I remembered that during installation I noted down a message
re. hotplug service which stated that if enabled it may cause
problems...I remember enabling it so I tryed the command
chmod -x /etc/rc.d/rc.hotplug as suggested in case of problems with the
system and it worked.
Now I am back to normal again...
There are still some strange messages appearing at the log in
prompt...but hey! one thing at the time...:-)
Santo