Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:29:47 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Nuno Teixeira <nu@nunotex.freeshell.org> Cc: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: x11/gnome2 fails to start (permission problemi - TESTED) Message-ID: <41DDBBDB.6010803@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20050106222641.GA1262@nunotex.local> References: <20050106222641.GA1262@nunotex.local>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Nuno Teixeira wrote: | [5-STABLE] | | Hello to all, | | I use icewm as default wm. Today I compiled gnome2 to give it a try and | I received the error below: | | ===== | | _IceTransmkdir: ERROR: euid != 0,directory /tmp/.ICE-unix will not be created. | _IceTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: mkdir(/tmp/.ICE-unix) failed, errno = 2 | _IceTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for local | | ** (gnome-session:972): WARNING **: Cannot establish any listening sockets | | waiting for X server to shut down | | ===== | | My first thought is a permission problem same as firefox a few weeks | ago, so I login as root, startx gnome2 and exit. Now, gnome2 starts ok | with my user. | | Can anyone checked this out? | | If you got gnome2 working ok as a regular user, please try the following | setup: | | (as root; console mode): | # rm -r /tmp/.X11-unix/ | # rm -r /tmp/.ICE-unix/ | | (as a regular user): | | $ startx (gnome2) | | I got the same error everytime I do this. Read /usr/ports/UPDATING. This is a known, much-discussed issue. Joe | | Thanks, | | Nuno Teixeira - -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB3bvbb2iPiv4Uz4cRAr8/AJ9SvArzW7z/TqcvqFH3NEv1ntJp1wCfT1bP 09m12IlA8yObXY+m59RXgD0= =Btbh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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