Re: gnome-session problems
On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 03:31:04PM -0500, Jacob I. Stowell wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am having trouble with gnome-session and was hoping someone might be
> able to help me out. The problem is that I cannot get gnome-session to
> start. When I have gnome-session in my .xinitrc, X crashes. X will run
> when gnome-session is removed from .xinitrc, but when I try to start
> gnome-session from a console, I receive the following error:
>
> shaq-fu[~]% gnome-session
> _IceTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.ICE-unix should be set to root
>
> ** WARNING **: Unable to lock ICE authority file:
> /home/jake/.ICEauthority
>
> I attached a file containing the output of an strace I ran on
> gnome-session. I appreciate any help in correcting this problem.
>
The strace output looks like it is trying to make the same
complaint. Have you tried wiping out these two dirs?
(rm -fr /tmp/.ICE-unix /home/jake/.ICEauthority)
Hmmm....
$ ls -la /tmp | grep .ICE-unix
drwxrwxrwt 2 greg users 4096 Nov 18 13:27 .ICE-unix
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