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List:       freedesktop-xdg
Subject:    xfs can't create /tmp/.font-unix dir
From:       "Martell, Larry" <martell () aptec ! com>
Date:       2005-07-27 19:13:44
Message-ID: 4EF05BB57775B6409EE93B890E61CDB034D89C () atabackup ! ata-randolph ! aptec ! com
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Hello-
 
I am running mandrake linux 10.1 on a system I setup about 1 month ago. 
I have not had any problem on the system until today when the
X server suddenly crashed. When I tried to restart it, it failed with
the messages:
 
Could not init font element unix/:-1, removing from list!
Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'.
 
I rebooted, got the same message. I ran the font server in the foreground,
not as a daemon, so I could see it's output. At start up it said:

_FontTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: mkdir(/tmp/.font-unix) failed, errno = 13
_FontTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for local

13 is permission denied, but why would it get this on /tmp, which is world writable:

# ls -la /tmp
total 12
drwxrwxrwt   3 root root 4096 Jul 27 11:04 ./
drwx------    19 root root 4096 Jul 26 15:01 ../
drwxrwxrwt   2 root root 4096 Jul 27 11:00 .X11-unix/

Anyone have any clues?

-larry


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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I&nbsp;am running mandrake linux 10.1 on a system I 
setup about 1 month ago.</FONT> 
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have not had any problem on the system until 
today when the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>X server suddenly crashed. When I tried to restart 
it, it failed with</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the messages:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Could not init font element unix/:-1, removing from 
list!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fatal server error: could not open default font 
'fixed'.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I rebooted, got the same message. I ran the font 
server in the foreground,<BR>not as a daemon, so I could see it's output. At 
start up it said:<BR><BR>_FontTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: 
mkdir(/tmp/.font-unix) failed, errno = 
13<BR>_FontTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for 
local<BR><BR>13 is permission denied, but why would it get this on /tmp, which 
is world writable:<BR><BR># ls -la /tmp<BR>total 12<BR>drwxrwxrwt&nbsp;&nbsp; 3 
root root 4096 Jul 27 11:04 ./<BR>drwx------&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;19 root root 
4096 Jul 26 15:01 ../<BR>drwxrwxrwt&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 root root 4096 Jul 27 11:00 
.X11-unix/<BR><BR>Anyone have any 
clues?<BR><BR>-larry<BR></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>



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