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Re: Is the error "Cannot create /tmp/.X11-unix ..." significant?
- From: Chris Green <chris at areti dot co dot uk>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:53:41 +0100
- Subject: Re: Is the error "Cannot create /tmp/.X11-unix ..." significant?
- References: <20050824214643.GA18749@areti.co.uk>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: chris dot green at isbd dot co dot uk
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 10:46:43PM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> Running XWin release 6.8.2.0.4 to display a Linux desktop using xdmcp.
>
> In the startup window I get the error:-
>
> _XSERVTransmkdir: Cannot create /tmp/.X11-unix with root ownership
>
> Everything seems to work OK though, apart from the cut/paste problem
> I've reported in another thread. Does the above error message
> indicate anything wrong?
>
> I have tried manually deleting /tmp/.X11-unix but it just gets
> recreated, owned by me.
>
Ah, oops (maybe), is this just another slightly different version of
the error message in the FAQ, section 8.1?
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Chris Green (chris@areti.co.uk)
"Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence."
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