Re: X broken at 3.3.6-8 potato update!!! a work-around fix

2000-07-01 Thread John Goerzen
James D. Freels [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The fix as recommended by several folks is to rm -rf /tmp/.X11-unix I trust this information is being passed on to the developers without a formal bug report. It would be far better to submit a bug report, actually. -- John

X broken at 3.3.6-8 potato update!!!

2000-06-26 Thread James D. Freels
In the recent potato update of the X packages from 3.3.6-7 to 3.3.6-8, it caused it to quit working. I will file a bug report if not fixed right away. The error messages on startup are: X: server socket directory has suspicious ownership, aborting. _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect:

Re: X broken at 3.3.6-8 potato update!!!

2000-06-26 Thread Mirek Kwasniak
On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 09:35:08AM -0400, James D. Freels wrote: In the recent potato update of the X packages from 3.3.6-7 to 3.3.6-8, it caused it to quit working. I will file a bug report if not fixed right away. The error messages on startup are: X: server socket directory has

Re: X broken at 3.3.6-8 potato update!!!

2000-06-26 Thread Robert L. Harris
A bunch of us got this. The answer that worked for me was to cd /tmp rm -rf .X* startx Worked great. There has been discussion on the list as to what is broken so hopefully the maintainers know about it now. Robert Thus spake James D. Freels ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): In the recent potato

Re: X broken at 3.3.6-8 potato update!!!

2000-06-26 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the recent potato update of the X packages from 3.3.6-7 to 3.3.6-8, it caused it to quit working. I will file a bug report if not fixed right away. You might try e.g. bug #66225. (Executive summary: removing /tmp/.X11-unix allowed it to run again.) -- Colin Watson

Re: X broken at 3.3.6-8 potato update!!! a work-around fix

2000-06-26 Thread James D. Freels
The fix as recommended by several folks is to rm -rf /tmp/.X11-unix I trust this information is being passed on to the developers without a formal bug report. Thanks to all for responding!! -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i,