Oh and I forgot to mention that I also installed computertemp through synaptic and open office through apt-get before logging off. This is Ubuntu. On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 9:28 PM, Mike Hoy wrote: > I edited this file and put echo cat > /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature >> .bashrc at the end of it. > Then I noticed that each time I opened a command prompt it kept the > temperature reading from the last command prompt so after a while I > had several temperatures echo'ing out when I opened it. So I removed > the line and logged off. When I tried to log back in I got this > message: > > Your session only lasted less then 10 seconds. If you have not logged > out yourself, this could mean that there is some installation problem > or that you may be out of diskspace. Try logging in with one of the > failsafe sessions to see if you can fix the problem. > > View details (~/.xsession-errors file) > > /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... > /etc/profile: Syntax error: "(" unexpected > > I then CTRL ALT F1 and log in. > > The temperature echoes out several times. > > I did: sudo nano /etc/profile and looked for anything that doesn't > belong but it looks good. The last line in it says: umask 022 which > was there before I started messing around. Anything I can do to fix > this? > >> Simple. Add that command to your .bashrc file. Some shells use .profile >> instead. Play around with that. >> >> echo cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature >> .bashrc >> >> nathan >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > Mike Hoy > Saguaro Sports > -- Mike Hoy Saguaro Sports --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss