Joe, I did a mkdir /tmp and it's in. Tried startx and, among other things, I get a Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' Bob >-----Original Message----- >From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of >Bob Mclaughlin >Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 7:45 PM >To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >Subject: RE: gnome startup error > > >Joe, >I think the only unusual thing is it had a power >interruption when setting idle. Could the tmp directory be >a sub under another directory and ls -l /tmp not have found >it? Also, what is the command to make a directory? >Bob > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx >>[mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Joe >>Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 7:07 PM >>To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: Re: gnome startup error >> >> >>Bob Mclaughlin wrote: >> >>>Joe, >>>I'm sure Jeremy will come back with the next step and >>>reasons for reboot. Anyhow, the perms in / are all >>>drwxr-xr-x except lost+found and root. I get - >>No such file >>>or directory for ls -l /tmp. What d'ya think? >>> >> >>Ouch - without a /tmp directory you'll be hard >>pressed to do just about anything meaningful. >> >>The present crisis may be averted by recreating >>/tmp and giving it permissions 1777 - >> >>The big question is, how did it get nuked? and >>whatever nuked /tmp, what else might it have >>nuked? >> >>After recreating /tmp, try the command >> >>rpm -Va | tee rpmva.out >> >>and see what packages have damaged or >>missing pieces.... >> >>If /tmp was the only problem, you should >>be able to start X again. >> >>Joe >> >> >> >> >>-- >>Shrike-list mailing list >>Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list >> > > > >-- >Shrike-list mailing list >Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list >
