Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start

[John Aldrich]

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