On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:49:43 -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 03:58:03AM +0000, Hendrik Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > was heard to say: >> /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session startup ... >> Setting 1M through im-switch for locale=en_CA >> Start IM through /farhome/hendrik/.xinput.d/en_CA linked to >> /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/uim_toolbar. >> failed in listen(): INvalid argument >> mkdtemp: private socket dir: Permission denied > > That almost sounds like you don't have write permission to $TMPDIR. > Do you have any configuration that changes the value of $TMPDIR? (if > you don't know about it you probably don't) What do the following > commands output? > > ls -dl /tmp > echo $TMPDIR > > Daniel
Sure looks like it. Mounting lenny's root partition on /other on my backup etch system, I get lovesong:/farhome/hendrik# ls -ld /other/tmp drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2007-12-31 10:05 /other/tmp This is about as wrong for /tmp as I imagine. (Well, no, I could imagine it being a file, or a named pipe -- that would work worse) Easy to fix, once diagnosed. Will report back after I have a chance to reboot. Thanks. How did you ever manage to think of this? -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
