[Ubuntu-BD] X server corrupted

[Nasimul Haque]

2009/2/10 9el <lenin at phpxperts.net>:
> Adding another user fails too.
> its related to the GUI Desktop loader
>
> i get this error directly:
>
> /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
> Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_US.
> Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to
> /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default.
> /usr/bin/xmodmap:  unable to open file '/usr/share/apps/kxkb/ubuntu.xmodmap'
> for reading
> /usr/bin/xmodmap:  1 error encountered, aborting.
> mkdtemp: private socket dir: Permission denied

This is very strange. Your /tmp folder's permission has been changed
somehow. Run this in terminal

sudo chmod 1777 /tmp


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M. Nasimul Haque, M.Sc.(SUST)
Wessex Institute of Technology
Southampton, UK