Re: gnome start errors after building gnome

[Erik Wikström <erik-wikstrom@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2006-12-28 07:51, Huub wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I built gnome, but when I change the .xinitrc according to the manual I 
> get his:
>
> _IceTransmkdir: ERROR: euid != 0,directory /tmp/.ICE-unix will not be 
> created.
> _IceTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: mkdir(/tmp/.ICE-unix) failed, errno = 2
> _IceTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for local
>
> ** (gnome-session:746): WARNING **: Cannot establish any listening sockets
>
> It starts ok, but after the initial graphical screen it falls back to 
> console. Anyone an idea?

Well, the 'euid != 0' part means that you are not root while running 
this, which (in my opinion) you shouldn't have too. Try creating the 
director manually or try running it as root once.

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Erik Wikström