Package: xbase-clients Version: 1:7.1.ds-2 Severity: important When X started using startx from normal users, Xserver and xkbcomp can't write to /var/tmp .
Log from startx: auth: creating new authority file /home/baryluk/.serverauth.4017 X Window System Version 7.0.0 Release Date: 21 December 2005 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0 Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.12-1-686 i686 Current Operating System: Linux movax-dev 2.6.16-2-686 #1 Sat Jul 15 21:59:21 UTC 2006 i686 Build Date: 16 March 2006 ... (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jul 28 11:49:07 2006 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" error opening security policy file /etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 > symbols > Ignoring extra symbols > Error: Cannot open "/var/tmp/server-0.xkm" to write > keyboard description > Exiting ... The X server is working, but my keyboard layout (pl) isn't working. /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "pl" EndSection When I change permision to /var/tmp to 1755 everything is working ok. Shouldn't we use /tmp ? Regards, Witek Baryluk -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686 Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL (charmap=ISO-8859-2) (ignored: LC_ALL set to pl_PL) Versions of packages xbase-clients depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-7 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.2.1-2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libfs6 2:1.0.0-3 X11 Font Services library ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 6.4.2-1 A free implementation of the OpenG ii libice6 1:1.0.0-3 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5.1 PNG library - runtime ii libsm6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 Session Management library ii libx11-6 2:1.0.0-7 X11 client-side library ii libxau6 1:1.0.0-3 X11 authorisation library ii libxaw7 1:1.0.1-5 X11 Athena Widget library ii libxcursor1 1.1.5.2-5 X cursor management library ii libxext6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-8 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxi6 1:1.0.0-5 X11 Input extension library ii libxkbfile1 1:1.0.2-3 X11 keyboard file manipulation lib ii libxmu6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 miscellaneous utility library ii libxmuu1 1:1.0.1-3 X11 miscellaneous micro-utility li ii libxrandr2 2:1.1.0.2-4 X11 RandR extension library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-4 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxss1 1:1.0.1-4 X11 Screen Saver extension library ii libxt6 1:1.0.0-5 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii libxtrap6 1:1.0.0-3 X11 event trapping extension libra ii libxtst6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 Testing -- Resource extension ii libxv1 1:1.0.1-3 X11 Video extension library ii libxxf86dga1 2:1.0.0-3 X11 Direct Graphics Access extensi ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.0.0-4 X11 XFree86 video mode extension l ii x11-common 1:7.0.22 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime xbase-clients recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]