On 02.02.07 17:27:08, Julien Cristau wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 08:43:54PM +0200, Andreas Pakulat wrote: > > > I think I found why my XFCE4 fails to start when starting it via > > > startx. It seems that the .ICE-unix directory in /tmp is created as > > > the current user, but the session-manager needs the directory to have > > > root as owner. IIRC XFCE4 from kdm works, because kdm ist run as root > > > and creates the .ICE-unix directory. > > > > > If startx is actually supposed to create the .ICE-unix directory then > > > please move this bug over to the proper X11 package. > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2005 at 16:42:24 +0000, Simon Huggins wrote: > > Well something should and I don't believe it should be xfce4-session as > > we will never be run as root. > > > > For reference the errors found in .xsession-errors are: > > > > _IceTransmkdir: ERROR: euid != 0,directory /tmp/.ICE-unix will not be > > created. > > _IceTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: mkdir(/tmp/.ICE-unix) failed, errno = 2 > > _IceTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for local > > xfce4-session: Unable to establish ICE listeners: Cannot establish any > > listening sockets > > > /tmp/.ICE-unix is supposed to be created by /etc/init.d/x11-common at > startup. Is any of you able to reproduce this problem recently?
I haven't seen this since quite some time. However I rarely use XFCE4 nowadays either... Andreas -- Never give an inch! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]