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[SOLVED] Re: user startx, hosed after kernel upgrade



Ofoo Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 06:47:04AM -0800, Serge Rey wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i'm running testing on a vaio z505r with X 4. this was all running
> fine.  my problem started after doing a new kernel (2.4.17) to try to
> get a backpack cdrw working through the parallel port. installing the
> new kernel is ok but i have the following error when a user runs
> startx:
> 
> Error loading keymap /var/tmp/server-0.xkm Couldn't load XKB keymap,
> falling back to pre-XKB keymap
> 
> root can startx just fine. i've hunted with google but can't seem to
> find a solution for this one.
> 
> any suggestions where to look?

i solved this one. turns out i had recently done a major apt-get upgrade
and forgot to clean out the downloaded debs. they were occupying all the
space so the tmp directory was squeezed and x couldn't create a few
files there. cleaning out the debs solved the problem.

-- 
Serge Rey	http://typhoon.sdsu.edu/rey.html
emacs "Powerful, but only for those who have more time than sense."
	Stewart Stremler

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