rsync is bad

[Karl Larsen]

Mike Bird wrote:
> On Sat June 7 2008 18:00:19 Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>>     I provided all I have in error messages. No-one has offered any
>> help. My experiance is that problems with X windows are above the help
>> of anyone.
>>     
>
> Karl,
>
> You have blamed rsync.  OK, let's find the bug in rsync.
>
> Please start by telling us one file (or more if you prefer)
> that is different in the rsync copy than the original.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Mike Bird
>
>   
    Exactly. I had the rsync copy at /mnt and the looked at /etc/X11 and 
/etc/gdm along with the same files on this computer. I compared the fact 
that the copy is missing no files in those directories.

    The error messages say the copy is "refusing to initialize GTK+. 
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... mkdtemp: private socket 
dir. Permission denied. Sounds like something is not being run by root. 
Also no man page for mkdtemp.

    I suppose it could be a link is broken. It sure looks like it.

Karl


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