x11/gnome2 fails to start (permission problemi - TESTED)

[Erik Trulsson]

On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 10:26:41PM +0000, 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 the 20041229 entry in /usr/ports/UPDATING - it probably applies to
you.



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Erik Trulsson
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