chmod 1777 /tmp will fixed it. On 20 Jun 2004 06:53:42 -0700, Tadek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Kent, > Thank you for quick reply. My answers are embedded. > Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > Tadek wrote: > > > > >(sorry for double posting but my initial post in lists.debian.org was > > >rejected since I had to > > >subscribe first and after I did 2nd email address was given to me for > > >posting) > > > > > >Dear friends, > > > > > >I encountered following problem (using debian sarge): > > >- after installing k3b (apt-get), opera (dpkg from opera for sarge) > > >and adobe reader in this order, I can not x login as ordinary user; I > > >can still X login as a root; kde and gnome behave the same. When I > > >enter user name and password in x client login dialog, screen blanks > > >for second or two, X grey screen appears with X cursor and login > > >dialog appears again. > > > > > >- in addition if I after successful login as root and starting kde session, > > >I cannot close kde shell konsole; windows stays on but shell console is > > >dead; > > > > > > > > >I tried: > > >- removed file /home/xxx/.kde > > >- removed k3b and opera > > >- upgraded installed packages > > >- reinstalled k3b and opera > > > > > >I am relatively new to linux and very new to debian distribution. Any help > > >and/or pointers will be > > >appreciated. > > > > > >Regards, > > >Tad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Shell out of the graphical login manager (Ctrl-Alt-F2 should do it) and > > log in as a normal user there. Then shut down your login manager (with > > something like "sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop", replacing "sudo" with > > whatever method you use to perform this function as root, and replacing > > "kdm" with the name of whatever login manager you're using, almost > > certainly kdm, wdm, gdm or xdm). Then try starting X with "startx" (as > > the normal user). > Error output: > > /usr/bin/X11/startx: line 132: cannot create temp file for here > document: Permission denied > /usr/bin/X11/startx: line 132: cannot create temp file for here > document: Permission denied > > X: unable to open wrapper config file /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config > X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. > giving up. > xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X > server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): unexpected signal 2. > > > > > Does it work? > > Yes - then something's wrong with the login manager's setup. > > No - then try creating a "~/.xinitrc" file and putting the single line > > of "icewm" in it, and make sure icewm is installed (sudo apt-get install > > icewm). Now try "startx". > > Doesn't work. Same error output as above. BTW what does icewm do? > > > > Does it work? > > Yes - then something is wrong with your normal window manager / desktop > > environment (KDE)? > > No - then something's wrong with X itself. > > > I noticed earlier that Xwrapper.config was missing (I found posted > message with reference to this file). > > > > > Let us know the results, and we'll go from there. > > > > -- > > Kent > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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