On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 17:59, Bob Mclaughlin wrote: > 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 > Have you checked your .xsession-errors file for any messages? From the console, in your regular user account, run "less ~/.xsession-errors" If it says anything about an .ICEauthority file, do the following: ls -l ~/.ICEauthority if it shows the file is owned by root, do the following: su - <enter root password> chown <username>:<usergroup> ~<username>/.ICEauthority exit In your case, "usergroup" should be the same as "username". > >-----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 > > -- Michael Knepher <limbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
