Public bug reported: after doing the upgrade to intrepid beta (today), logging in via gdm failed with the message "your session lasted less than 10 seconds, ..."
The .xsession-errors log has mkdtemp: private socket dir: Permission denied The reason was /tmp being unwritable drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 12288 2008-10-12 19:27 /tmp/ I could fix the problem with chmod go+w /tmp But did not reboot since, maybe the fix does not persist. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- /tmp unwriteable after upgrade to intrepid beta, resulting in failure of graphical login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/282300 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