Public bug reported: This is daily upgraded hardy (32 bit).
It seems for me at least that after a gdm upgrade (but probably it's gdm related but something else?) no X programs can be run anymore. For example if I try to run xterm from an already existing terminal window I got: No protocol specified xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0 If I try to 'strace' xterm, I see this: socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 3 connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/tmp/.X11-unix/X0"}, 110) = 0 getpeername(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/tmp/.X11-unix/X0"}, [20]) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="vega", ...}) = 0 access("/tmp/.gdmVNZW6T", R_OK) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) So, I've checked /tmp/.gdmVNZW6T: -rw------- 1 root root 115 2008-02-28 10:32 /tmp/.gdmVNZW6T It seems something alters the ownership of this file to root, so it's not surprising I can't open it with this permission as non-root. After chown'ing back to my user, everything works. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo chown lgb:lgb /tmp/.gdmVNZW6T [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -la /tmp/.gdmVNZW6T -rw------- 1 lgb lgb 115 2008-02-28 10:32 /tmp/.gdmVNZW6T Now, I can run X programs without problem. This issue occurs quite frequently, as far as I remember after upgrades. gdm version is 2.20.3-0ubuntu5. Please note, that I'm not sure it's caused by gdm or other package though ... ** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- After gdm upgrade no X cliens can be run https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196464 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs