Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 17:36:36 +0000 From: John Murphy <john253@crosswinds.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Weird /tmp issues Message-ID: <rv623t4t7fsbrme7999522sgs9mvcricop@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <20001208101547.A328@northernbrewer.com> References: <20001208101547.A328@northernbrewer.com>
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Christopher Farley wrote: >I have been trying to move /tmp off the / filesystem. This has been >causing some weird X11 problems... > >For example if I=20 > ># mv /tmp /tmp.old ># mkdir tmp ># chmod 777 tmp ># reboot now > >I then have problems running startx! (The screen and keyboard shut >down, forcing me to reboot the system from another system.) > >If I move the old tmp directory back, the problem goes away. > >I assumed /tmp was temporary, and that you should be able to boot with >an empty /tmp no problem. > >Any ideas? If the other answers didn't cure it, and stating the obvious: make sure you're in / not /root. (cd /) John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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