On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 13:08:06 -0600, tripolar wrote: > I have had problems with permissions in /usr/X11R6 > I set them #chmod 755 -R /usr/X11R6/ > does that look right? > that has worked in the past. > I was told to remove files in /tmp relating to dcop or orbit ( sorry I > forgot and I am not on that machine because x only works for root and I > have yet to figure out mutt ;-) ) > I have messed with permissions in /tmp > what user & group should /tmp be? > at this time the only twm for regular users though I cant open any apps > like kmail or evolution or mozilla > $kmail > trying to creat local folder:Permission denied > failed to create /tmp/ksocket-tripolar/ > _KDE_IceTransSocketCreateListener: failed to bind listener > .... > DCOPServer self test failed > kdeinit: DCOPServer could not be started > ..... > Can't setup DCOP communication > > Any suggestions? again I messed up /tmp user & group & permissions. need > to know the correct user, group and permissions of /tmp > also anything relationg to dcop & permissions to get reg users to log > into x from gdm > Thanks
/tmp should be owned by root and open to everyone: drwxrwxrwx 9 root root 4096 Nov 30 14:14 /tmp as root, do chown root:root /tmp chmod 777 /tmp -- ....................paul "The average lifespan of a Web page today is 100 days. This is no way to run a culture." Internet Archive Board Chairman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
