Tried what you said still no joy... here's my listing of my /tmp dir... funky@linux:~> ls -l /tmp total 8905 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-08 04:42 0007089143 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-15 13:43 0069724073 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-30 21:18 0083073275 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-30 01:40 0195443759 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-23 00:15 0230450753 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-26 21:53 0291529659 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-11 05:46 0310265638 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-15 13:42 0332605512 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-25 10:17 0422701155 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-16 11:16 0458070637 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-25 21:31 0496860581 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-07 02:40 0535725588 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-01 15:19 0556953243 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-05 01:54 0636407476 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-31 18:53 0702767792 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-26 13:50 0722776567 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-31 11:44 0878119338 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-29 02:27 0904482068 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-10-19 16:27 0935793867 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-10 01:33 0946838948 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-13 14:33 0965685028 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-19 21:47 1011051083 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-27 23:38 1048797539 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-31 09:12 1089127010 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-04 02:33 1095877011 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-24 20:11 1119033192 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-02 01:42 1350846799 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-04 02:31 1442827192 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-28 00:19 1597325376 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-13 01:43 1599760866 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-02 18:42 1611297040 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-25 21:21 1651561777 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-13 01:46 1705336413 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-11 15:03 1711145505 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-23 03:00 1810107848 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-16 20:58 1917566083 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-15 03:12 1923701855 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-11 15:01 1936536143 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-01 09:12 2050538469 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-25 01:19 2059501180 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2003-01-13 22:40 2101180597 drwx------ 3 root root 72 2002-12-26 21:56 2140180215 -rw-r--r-- 1 funky users 2560 2002-12-31 13:47 9fe2.tmp drwx------ 2 root root 48 2002-12-24 17:26 YaST2-01163 drwx------ 2 root root 152 2003-01-10 13:04 YaST2-02968 drwx------ 2 root root 80 2003-01-10 13:05 YaST2-03000 drwx------ 2 root root 48 2003-01-08 00:59 YaST2-06692 drwx------ 2 root root 48 2003-01-08 00:59 YaST2-06734 drwx------ 2 root root 48 2003-01-11 16:00 YaST2.tdir drwx------ 3 funky users 80 2002-12-31 13:46 evolution-500-1211 -rw-r--r-- 1 funky users 1245185 2003-01-15 02:23 file4wboB2 -rw-r--r-- 1 funky users 655361 2003-01-15 02:22 fileVGDxt5 -rw-r--r-- 1 funky users 2424833 2003-01-15 02:08 filemwBcUr -rw-r--r-- 1 funky users 3407873 2003-01-15 02:08 fileoEnYtE -rw------- 1 funky users 985 2002-12-26 15:03 gaimGrL6RX -rw------- 1 funky users 985 2003-01-15 00:40 gaimLcdg0r -rw------- 1 funky users 985 2003-01-12 14:11 gaimNBNg43 srw------- 1 funky users 0 2002-12-31 10:56 gaim_funky.1198 srw------- 1 funky users 0 2003-01-12 10:12 gaim_funky.1731 srw------- 1 funky users 0 2003-01-14 19:32 gaim_funky.2121 srw------- 1 funky users 0 2003-01-14 11:45 gaim_funky.3580 srw------- 1 funky users 0 2002-12-26 15:03 gaim_funky.3801 srw------- 1 funky users 0 2003-01-15 12:16 gaim_funky.3919 srw------- 1 funky users 0 2003-01-15 00:40 gaim_funky.6520 srw------- 1 funky users 0 2002-12-30 18:22 gaim_funky.6800 -rw------- 1 funky users 985 2003-01-14 19:32 gaimby7kwQ -rw------- 1 funky users 985 2003-01-14 11:45 gaimegeSuE -rw------- 1 funky users 985 2003-01-15 12:16 gaiml4HMjc drwx------ 3 dre users 128 2003-01-15 00:33 kde-dre drwx------ 4 funky users 12944 2003-01-15 13:51 kde-funky drwx------ 3 root root 128 2003-01-14 18:42 kde-root drwx------ 2 dre users 48 2003-01-15 00:39 ksocket-dre drwx------ 2 funky users 816 2003-01-15 13:52 ksocket-funky drwx------ 2 root root 48 2003-01-14 19:31 ksocket-root drwx------ 3 dre users 112 2003-01-15 00:39 mcop-dre drwx------ 3 funky users 816 2003-01-15 13:51 mcop-funky drwx------ 3 root root 112 2003-01-13 16:36 mcop-root srwxrwxrwx 1 funky users 0 2003-01-15 13:51 medusa-idled-service drwx------ 2 root root 48 2002-12-05 22:15 migrate drwx------ 2 funky users 48 2002-12-16 19:15 migrate-1 -rw-r--r-- 1 funky users 3337 2003-01-09 23:31 oe5_2mbox.6485 drwx------ 2 funky users 15872 2003-01-15 13:55 orbit-funky drwx------ 2 root root 912 2003-01-12 03:23 orbit-root -rwxr--r-- 1 funky users 37668 2003-01-08 23:07 scrollkeeper-tempfile.0 -rwxr--r-- 1 funky users 37668 2003-01-09 16:31 scrollkeeper-tempfile.1 -rwxr--r-- 1 funky users 37668 2003-01-10 12:31 scrollkeeper-tempfile.2 -rwxr--r-- 1 funky users 37668 2003-01-11 15:12 scrollkeeper-tempfile.3 -rwxr--r-- 1 funky users 37668 2003-01-04 10:20 scrollkeeper-tempfile.4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2315 2002-11-28 02:16 set_val -rw------- 1 root root 537214 2003-01-09 16:58 siga.html -rw------- 1 root root 546458 2003-01-09 16:58 siga.txt Tia Dre --------
Try this. In an xterm, su to root and enter init 3. This will put you in a console on tty1. su to your user with a problem (IMPORTANT-DO NOT DO THIS AS ROOT). cd to /tmp. With my new understanding of the sticky bit on this directory, if you do a rm * as your normal user (the one with the problem), it should ONLY delete the files owned/writeable to that user in the /tmp directory. After this has been done, exit back to root, and enter init 5. This will start X and kdm. You can Ctrl-Alt-F1 to go back to the tty1 console and logout, then Alt-F7 to go back to the graphical login, and login, and try kmail again. If it still has problems, let us know. If it is something in /tmp, this should remove the problem. HTH.