Re: gdm permissions problem

["David A. Cobb" <superbiskit cox net>]

Rohit Shrivastava wrote:

>  Hello,
>
>  I suffer with somewhat the same problem i installed a lot gdm
>  themes in GNOME and then kept changing those themes according to my
>  choice, Then one fine day i changed the theme and logged of and
>  logged on when the Linex came to load that theme it tried certain
>  times and then reported an error that GDM failed to load, and then
>  runs in linux prompt mode
>
>  Tech. Spec. OS - mandrake linux 9.0, Compaq - presario laptop. GUI
>  - GNOME.

I fixed my problem. I tried a couple things at the same time, and if
the solution is as simple as the one I suspect, I'm about to attempt
the physically impossible feat of kicking my own backside.
Check the setting of $TEMP, and the permissions on whatever directory
that points to. I suspect it needs to be wide-open (777) -- I don't
have a big security issue here and I'm not in any hurry to see at what
point I fall off the tightrope as I tighten up the perms.

--
David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate
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