[NTLUG:Discuss] HELP - N00b Award - Updated w/ Error Message

[Cameron, Thomas]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org]On
> Behalf Of David Simmons
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 11:21 AM
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] HELP - N00b Award - Updated w/ Error
> Message
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 10:55, Cameron, Thomas wrote:
> > I am betting that X is trying to write to /tmp and failing. 
>  Can you do:
> > 
> > ls -ld /tmp
> > ls -al /tmp
> > 
> > and post it to the list please?
> 
> Good idea:
> 
> [root at localhost root]# cd /
> [root at localhost /]# ls -ld /tmp
> drwxrwxrwt  4 root root 4096 Mar 26 11:09 /tmp


OK, so that looks good.


> [root at localhost /]# ls -al /tmp
> total 16
> drwxrwxrwt   4 root     root     4096 Mar 26 11:09 .
> drwxr-xr-x  20 root     root     4096 Mar 26 10:58 ..
> drwxrwxrwt   2 dsimmons dsimmons 4096 Mar 25 16:35 .esd
> srwx------   1 root     nobody      0 Mar 25 16:28 .fam_socket
> drwxrwxrwt   2 root     root     4096 Mar 26 11:09 .X11-unix
> [root at localhost /]#


OK, make sure that you are in runlevel 3 (i.e. neither your X login manager nor any other X process is trying to run), and try removing (rm -rf) the .esd and the .X11-unix directories and see if that fixes it.


> but as I'm analyzing more of the logs.....I think this is the issue?:
> 
> Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
>                                                               
>                   
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
>  
> Hmmmm.....this could have happened when I moved /home/dsimmons?  I
> guess, more importantly - how do I fix?


No, X should not use your home directory, only /tmp.

Thomas