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

[John Aldrich]

On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > > Maybe a question for the cooker list?  I don't really know how else to
> > > direct a question to the Mandrake team.
> > Maybe, but I've had the distinct impression that some of the
> > Mandrake team hang out in this list.... apparently the ones who hang
> > out either don't know the answer or choose to remain silent on that
> > one.... No idea which. :-)
> 
> ????? ok what is the question excatly i didn't followed the thread...
> 
> /Chmouel Technical Support/
>
Thanks. :-) The question was why you folks put the stuff in /tmp and
later in /root/tmp that causes X to go bad when you delete it? You
recall the hubub when 7.x came out and people started emptying their
/tmp directory only to find they had to reinstall X to get it working
again??? We recently had another case of that in here and told 'em
the sad, sad story about how you DON'T delete stuff in /tmp or
/root/tmp. :-)
        John