Core Dump

[Duane Attaway]

On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, jose sanchez wrote:

> I would like to know how can I fix a file system that has a core dump. I
> am running a RH6.2 system, after a fresh install, and crashed when I
> tried to startx. I had power down the box and then I couldn't get to
> start. I ran fsck /dev/hdc. That allowed me to at least logon back to
> the box but when I try to do anything I get Segmentation (can't remember
> what appeared here)... (core dump).
> 
> How can I fix this problem.

rpm has a verify option to check the its installed binaries if you can get 
that far.  I don't have redhat installed, but I think to check packages 
goes something like this:

rpm -Va

BTW, what's the first thing you do that gets a core dump?