Creating a new /tmp directory is not sufficient. It should also have the right permissions.
ls -ld /tmp should show the original permissions. Duplicate this on the new /tmp and you should be fine. drwxrwxrwt 499 root sys 62484 Oct 25 11:08 /tmp -Naren On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Tathagata Banerjee wrote: > i thought the files in /tmp were not necessary. i wanted to remove them. but > since i wasn't sure, i decided to experiment before i did so. > so i renamed /tmp to /tmp2, and created another directory called /tmp. > > and then i found i couldn't start X. > > as soon as i restored the original /tmp, everything was normal again. > > why does this happen? aren't the files under /tmp supposed to be temporary > and unimportant? > > here is a list of the contents of my /tmp: > > fileTLHj7C.htm > install.log > kde-guest <dir> > kde-user <dir> > ksocket-guest <dir> > ksocket-root <dir> > ksocket-user <dir> > mcop-guest <dir> > mcop-user <dir> > orbit-guest <dir> > orbit-root <dir> > quit.blend > mplayer-conf-16041-794-23598.c > mplayer-conf-2530-829-16755.c > mplayer-conf-29260-812-661.c > mplayer-conf-32148-1504-16445.c > mplayer-conf-6686-721-29439.c > > which of these may i remove and which should i not? > > thanks > > - t. > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
