Try this:
sudo mkdir /private/tmp
sudo chown root.wheel /private/tmp
sudo chmod 1777 /private/tmp
sudo ln -s /private/tmp /tmp
That should take care of creating the directory with the proper
permissions, and the symlink. You should be able to
run XDarwin again after the directory's been created.
--
Alexander K. Hansen
Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University
Levitated Dipole Experiment
MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219
Cambridge, MA 02139-4213
Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057
On Wed, 22 May 2002, robert nuzum wrote:
> Right, I did delete the entire /tmp directory. How can I restore it?
> Thanks, Bob
>
> On Wednesday, May 22, 2002, at 09:15 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
>
> > Quick question: from what you've posted here that you did it looks like
> > you may have removed /tmp ('rm /tmp /.esd'). Do you in fact have a /tmp
> > directory (actually it's /private/tmp)?
> >
> > --
> > Alexander K. Hansen
> > Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University
> > Levitated Dipole Experiment
> > MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219
> > Cambridge, MA 02139-4213
> > Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057
> >
> > On Tue, 21 May 2002, robert nuzum wrote:
> >
> >> In trying to get sound working in xmms I sudo rm -rf /tmp /.esd and
> >> tried to restart esd as per the archives advice. Now I cannot startx
> >> and receive the message:
> >>
> >>
> >> Fatal server error:
> >> Could not create lock file in /tmp/.tX0-lock
> >>
> >> OsVendorFatalError
> >> AbortDDX
> >> Quitting XDarwin...
> >> giving up.
> >> xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X
> >> server
> >> xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
> >>
> >> I am running the current update of fink with Gnome and enlightenment
> >> as
> >> the window manager on a 400 dvd iMac. with osx.1.4 installed..
> >>
> >> Help would be appreciated.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks, Bob
> >>
> >>
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