Re: installing X from -testing

2003-09-13 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 17:27, Tom Allison wrote: > Tom Allison wrote: > > I ran into a problem installing X and running as non-root "mkdtemp: > > private socket dir: Permission denied" > > > > Root works fine, but no one else does. > > > > help? > > I was searching through the archives and found

Re: installing X from -testing

2003-09-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 07:09:02PM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > >On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 17:27:26 -0400, > >Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>I was searching through the archives and found this earlier. > >>Apparently the problem is in

Re: installing X from -testing

2003-09-13 Thread Tom Allison
Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 17:27:26 -0400, Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Tom Allison wrote: I ran into a problem installing X and running as non-root "mkdtemp: private socket dir: Permission denied" Root works fine, but no one else does.

Re: installing X from -testing

2003-09-13 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 17:27:26 -0400, Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Tom Allison wrote: > > I ran into a problem installing X and running as non-root "mkdtemp: > > private socket dir: Permission denied" > > > > Root works fine, but no one else does. > >

Re: installing X from -testing

2003-09-13 Thread Tom Allison
Tom Allison wrote: I ran into a problem installing X and running as non-root "mkdtemp: private socket dir: Permission denied" Root works fine, but no one else does. help? I was searching through the archives and found this earlier. Apparently the problem is in /tmp. it's owned by root.root an