Re: Could not create server lock file: /tmp/.X1-lock

[marc <gmane@auxbuss.com>]

Kent West said...
> marc wrote:
> > Laurent CARON said...
> >   
> >> marc wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I have installed xserver-xgl and can run it and compiz from a KDE root 
> >>> session -- wobbly bits and all. However, when I try to login -- using 
> >>> the same scripts -- I receive the following: 
> >>>
> >>>   Xsession: X session started for marc at Mon Aug 21 18:48:57 BST 2006
> >>>
> >>>   Fatal server error:
> >>>   Could not create server lock file: /tmp/.X1-lock
> >>>
> >>>   xset:  unable to open display ":1"
> >>>
> >>> and so on.
> >>>
> >>> To login, I have created:
> >>>
> >>>   /usr/shar/xsessions/xgl.desktop
> >>>
> >>> which can be selected from the KDM panel. All this does is call:
> >>>
> >>>   /usr/local/startxgl.sh
> >>>
> >>>   #!/bin/sh
> >>>   Xgl :1 -fullscreen -ac -accel xv:fbo -accel glx:pbuffer &
> >>>   DISPLAY=:1
> >>>   exec startkde
> >>>
> >>> As I say, this all works from root, but from an regular user it is 
> >>> effectively halting at the line commencing Xgl.
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas? Thanks.
> >>>
> >>>       
> >> chmod 1777 /tmp
> >>     
> >
> > Yup, /tmp is already 1777
> >
> >   
> 
> I saw something similar about half a year ago on my Sid box. If I ever 
> rebooted, I'd have to change perms on a hidden directory in /tmp to root 
> ownership. I'm not sure which one, but I think it was either:
> 
> drwxrwxrwt  2 root  root     1024 2006-08-15 10:14 .ICE-unix
> 
> or
> 
> drwxrwxrwt  2 root  root     1024 2006-08-15 10:14 .X11-unix

Ah, a reboot cleared it <shrug Windows-style>

-- 
Best,
Marc