Re: cannot remove /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth
On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 10:28:21AM -0500, Brian Stults wrote:
> For some reason, gdm is now unable to start the X server. I can start
> it using startx. I've been investigating, and one strange thing is that
> root cannot stat, view, remove, etc. the file /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth.
> Therefore, I can't even fully remove or reinstall the gdm package. This
> seems wrong. I can't even chmod or chown it as root. Any suggestions?
>
If you have been manuallly typing that file name, perhaps you should
ls -lLb /var/lib/gdm
to see if the file name contains any control characters.
You might also try lsattr, to see if that file is marked immutable.
Is /var/lib/gdm part of an nfs mounted filesystem?
> This is a remote box, so I'd rather find a solution that does not
> require switching runlevels.
>
If none of the above ideas helped, then you may have a corrupt
filesystem, and rebooting would be the best thing to do.
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