Those *are* the files in question, and if they are deleted you will be
unable to start X. This is bug in Mandrake which civilme and myself
discovered. (More accurately, I was victimized by it and civilme
figured out what was going on.)
Craig Woods wrote:
>
> I remember a posting here some weeks ago about system files in the /tmp
> directory. It sounded absurd but I think the point was being made about
> essential system files being placed in the "/tmp" directory by
> LinuxMandrake. Coming, as I do, from a Solaris background, I dismissed
> this as possibly being a fluke on some individual box. My question is
> simple: does anyone know what the ".X11-unix" and ".font-unix" folders
> are about in "/tmp"? They each contain one file, "X0=" and "fs-1="
> respectively. Are these actually system files that must stay or is it
> safe to delete them? I thank you for any assistance you can render in
> this matter. I can not locate any documentation in this issue.
> Craig
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