On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 05:22:28PM -0600, Ted Spradley wrote:
> Michael Fothergill wrote:
> >
> > Dear X86ers,
> >
> > I have a problem firing up X as a user....
> >
> [...]
> > /tmp/.sawfish-mikef: No space left on device
>
> Yow! Did you see this? I think you have more than one problem here,
> and I suggest you work through them methodically, one by one, starting
> with this one.
>
> Are you trying to use /tmp in your root filesystem? Bad idea. Filling
> your root filesystem can be quite inconvenient. Most modern Unices will
> let you use a virtual memory filesystem for /tmp. I urge you to use
> that. It's traditional to clear out /tmp at reboot anyway.
>
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Or, alternatively, you could symlink /tmp to another partition. I
usually hook mine to /usr.
mkdir /usr/tmp
rm -rf /tmp
ln -s /usr/tmp /
Make sure after this new tmp is created you change its permissions
to
chmod 1777 /usr/tmp
Ian
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