Re: startx_error

[Michael Meeks <michael ximian com>]

Hi Dhd,

On Sat, 2003-04-19 at 01:56, dhd wrote:
> I can't log into X, the startx command just hangs at the splash screen, when
> I kill it, the following message appears:
> 
> WRONG PERMISSIONS FOR /ETC/ORBIT-ROOT (or /tmp/orbit-[user]  if I log in as
> another user.

	Most interesting; I wonder what Gnome you are using, we shouldn't need
that check in Gnome 2.0 - it should all be fixed in ORBit2.
/tmp/orbit-$USER needs to be owned by that user, and have permissions
0600.

> MODPROBE: CAN'T LOCATE MODULE CHAR-MAJOR-10-134
> 
> Does anyone know what the permissions should be for the /tmp/orbit
> directories?  And if the modprobe error is related to that issue?
> Much thanks in advance!

	The modprobe is entirely unrelated I think.

	HTH,

		Michael.

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