Matt Stegman wrote:
> Oh, wait! When you `ls -ld /tmp` do the permissions read:
>
> drwxrwxrwt
>
> If not, `chmod 1777 /tmp`, which should fix your permissions. Try
> starting X again.
>
> -Matt Stegman
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 08:20:54AM -0400, Thiessen David G DLVA wrote:
> > >
> > > > Like an idiot, I accidentally deleted my /tmp directory.
> > > > I recreated the directory, but after rebooting, X fails to
> > > > start. It seems to be stuck in an infinite loop trying to
> > > > start X or KDM.
> > > > I can boot into text mode fine.
> > > >
> > > > What can I do to get X back up and running...
> > >
> > > What are the permissions on the directory?
> > >
> > Known problem -- Mandrake has put some X stuff in /tmp. The
> > only solution is to uninstall and reinstall X.
> > John
> >
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