---------- Original Message ----------- From: Telsa Gwynne <hobbit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:24:07 +0000 Subject: Re: .ICE-unix locked > On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 08:34:16AM -0500 or thereabouts, Luyin Sun wrote: > > Can anyone help me with this problem? Thanks a lot. > > Not properly, which is why I didn't respond the first time. But > I'll give it a go. > > > > I have XFree864.3.99.902 installed. I try to working on Gatos, a > > > device driver for ATI video card. After I installed the new device > > > driver I cannot log on again. First there is error message: Cannot > > > start listener for inet6. I add -nolisten inet6 in gdm.conf. Then I > > > got another eror:Default (locked at HOST:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2624, > > > inet/HOST). Even if I change back to the presaved working version of > > > /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6 the problem is still there. I tried to > > > delete that directory and restart. The problem is still there. Any > > > idea about this? I couldnot find any infromation about .ICE-unix > > > online. Thanks Redhat 9 Kernel 2.4 XFree86 4.3.99.902 > > .ICE-unix is a directory in /tmp. It contains a bunch of files > which are, um.. sockets, I think. I think they get cleaned up > when you stop running X and new ones created when you start > running it. > > I have absolutely no idea whether this is a good idea or a bad > idea, but you could always delete all the contents (if this is > just you on the box: if there are 20 other users I suppose this > could be a mistake) and see whether that makes any difference. > Is this what you meant when you talked about trying to delete > the directory? I didn't quite follow. > > I don't know what "Cannot start listener" means, unfortunately, > and that looks like the important error; so I don't know whether > this gdm.conf alteration is the right thing to do. > > Telsa Thanks for your reply. The listerner problem is related to XFree86. I got the resolution from the install help file. Even if I removed it from the conf file the ICE-unix problem is still there. I deleted the directory and reboot the system. It's still there. There is one option in the popup window, called break the lock chain. But it's grayed. Thanks. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
