[Cooker] XFCE --> "Cannot create file"; cannot unlock screen

[Claudio]

It's quite a long time XFCE is broken. When I login (even as root) I get the 
message "Cannot create file". Moreover if I lock screen, I cannot login 
anymore: "invalid login" till i use ctrl-alt-backspace to exit xfce...
C.

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Claudio Panichi
SysAdmin at Dept. of Physics
"Tor Vergata" University and INFN - Sec."Roma II"
Remote System is: Linux Mandrake 8.1 (Cooker!)