Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:14:50 +0000 From: Nuno Teixeira <nunotex@freeshell.org> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: x11/gnome2 fails to start (permission problemi - TESTED) Message-ID: <20050106231450.GB1262@nunotex.local> In-Reply-To: <20050106223054.GA41611@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> References: <20050106222641.GA1262@nunotex.local> <20050106223054.GA41611@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
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Hello to all, Yes, Your're right! It's documented in UPDATING. Sorry for the noise. Next time I will be more carefull and read first before I act. Thanks very much, Nuno Teixeira On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 11:30:55PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: > 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. > > > > -- > <Insert your favourite quote here.> > Erik Trulsson > ertr1013@student.uu.se -- SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
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