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List,
I rebooted after waking from suspend on my Titanium PowerBook G4
500MHz and began experiencing an inability to log on via the KDM
prompt. I would enter my credentials, the screen would go black, then
show the default X background, then reload the KDM login prompt. I
went to a console login via Alt + N, and was able to login there. When
trying to run startx, the following errors are encountered among the
XFree86 output:
Writing authority file /home/barryh/.Xauthority
/usr/bin/X11/startx: line 131: /dev/null: Permission denies
Using authority file /home/barryh/.Xauthority
Writing authority file /home/barryh/.Xauthority
...
(Usual XFree86 info
...
/etc/X11/Xsession: line 81: /dev/null: Permission denied
/etc/X11/Xsession: line 84: /dev/null: Permission denied
Xsession: unable to create X session log/error file; aborting.
/etc/X11/Xsession: line 18: /dev/null: Permission denied
waiting for X server to shut down
/usr/bin/X11/startx: line 150: /dev/null: Permission denied
This problem exhibited itself beforehand, but I should also mention
that the compilation of the modules image for the drm-trunk did not
succeed. The error messages were as follows:
make[4]: *** Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1'
/usr/src/modules/drm-trunk/Makefile.kernel:50:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1/Rules.make: No such file or directory
make[5]: *** Mo rule to make target
'/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1/Rules.make'. Stop.
make[4]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/drm-trunk] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1'
make[3]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/modules/drm-trunk'
make[3]: *** [build-stamp] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/modules/drm-trunk'
make[3]: *** [kdist_image] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/modules/drm-trunk'
Module /usr/src/modules/drm-trunk failed.
This may be some neophyte error and common occurrence that I have yet
to experience, but if someone has a suggestion, I would love to hear
it.
System info:
Debian sid via Debian Installer
Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1 from kernel.org
XFree86 Version 4.2.99.2 (DRI trunk) / X Window System (Daenzer sources)
Regards,
Barry C. Hawkins
All Things Computed
site: www.alltc.com
weblog: www.yepthatsme.com
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