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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