On Fri September 8 2006 12:21 pm, Matthias Hopf wrote:
On Sep 08, 06 11:30:45 -0400, Bob Rea wrote:
I have lost the ability to run kde as my normal user. It will run as root, but I don't like to do that.
Here is my .X.err fille: bob@gandalf:~> cat .X.err /usr/X11R6/bin/startx: line 237: 5510 Bus error xauth -q -f $xserverauthfile <<EOF add :$dummy . $mcookie EOF
Fatal server error: Cannot move old log file ("/var/log/Xorg.0.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old"
You probably have run Xorg as root some time. Remove the logfile manually, and try again.
Which log file? I have tried removing both in various combinations. This has happened to me before and I forget what the solution is. does being able to run it by vnc tell you anything? -- Bob Rea mailto:gapetard@stsams.org http://www.petard.us http://www.petard.us/blog http://www.petard.us/gallery Freedom is only privilege extended unless enjoyed by one and all --Billy Bragg
* Bob Rea <gapetard@stsams.org> [09-08-06 12:56]:
Fatal server error: Cannot move old log file ("/var/log/Xorg.0.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old"
You probably have run Xorg as root some time. Remove the logfile manually, and try again.
Which log file?
/var/log/Xorg.*.log.* -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri September 8 2006 09:57, Bob Rea wrote:
On Fri September 8 2006 12:21 pm, Matthias Hopf wrote:
On Sep 08, 06 11:30:45 -0400, Bob Rea wrote:
I have lost the ability to run kde as my normal user. It will run as root, but I don't like to do that.
Here is my .X.err fille: bob@gandalf:~> cat .X.err /usr/X11R6/bin/startx: line 237: 5510 Bus error xauth -q -f $xserverauthfile <<EOF add :$dummy . $mcookie EOF
Fatal server error: Cannot move old log file ("/var/log/Xorg.0.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old"
You probably have run Xorg as root some time. Remove the logfile manually, and try again.
Which log file? I have tried removing both in various combinations. This has happened to me before and I forget what the solution is.
does being able to run it by vnc tell you anything?
Try "rm -rf /tmp/* " and then "rm -rf /tmp/.* " this will clear out everything in that directory including the xauth file which might be the root of you problem, it will be recreated at login. HTH, Curtis. - -- Spammers Beware: Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again! Like the song say: "Everything's 'Zen'... I don't think so"! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFAb6j7CQBg4DqqCwRAqBIAJ9tQeNDN2a6O3lBMGoneo00rikOUACfROqR oWuPjirXZqKpXHcx6s+JVF4= =yuKU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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