I cannot start gnome or kde (.xsession-errors)...

[jonathan jefferies]

Alberto Segura Sobreviela wrote:

>#I cannot start kde or gnome session from fc2, after a
>message tells me that my session is shorter than 10
>seconds. .xsession-errors says:
>/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your
>session with wtmp and utmp
>/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: running:
>/usr/bin/X11/sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u
>/var/run/utmp -x "/var/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l ":0"
>"abnto01"
>/usr/bin/startkde: line 1: df: command not found
>/usr/bin/startkde: line 1: xargs: command not found
>/usr/bin/startkde: line 1: cut: command not found
>/usr/bin/startkde: line 1: df: command not found
>/usr/bin/startkde: line 1: xargs: command not found
>/usr/bin/startkde: line 1: cut: command not found
>/usr/bin/startkde: line 16: [: -lt: unary operator
>expected
>/usr/bin/startkde: line 21: [: -lt: unary operator
>expected
>/usr/bin/startkde: line 1: mktemp: command not found
>/usr/bin/startkde: line 1: mktemp: command not found
>/usr/bin/startkde: line 28: $testfile_tmp: ambiguous
>redirect
>You don't have write permissions for /tmp
>?>
>
>#df
>#http://pastebin.com/80140
>S.ficheros         Bloques de 1K   Usado    Dispon
>Uso% Montado en
>/dev/hda2             30558208   8455700  20550228 
>30% /
>none                    258604         0    258604  
>0% /dev/shm
>/dev/hdc                227622    227622         0
>100% /mnt/cdrom
>/dev/sda1              8177128   4021632   4155496 
>50% /mnt/handydrive
>
>#tmp permissions
>drwxrwxrwt   14 abnto01 abnto01   4096 jul  7 01:18
>tmp 
>
>I can only run kde from terminal on approval of
>failures, but not from a "normal" logging.
>
>I wish someone could help me.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Alberto.
>  
>
Have you done anything at all with the "/tmp" directory?? Making any changes
or deleting this directory can result in this problem. The time I found 
out I
had to re-install in order to make it work. Look at the permissions you have
on /tmp. This is mine:
ls -l / |grep tmp
drwxrwxrwt   19 root root     4096 Jul  6 19:05 tmp

In /tmp you will find a number of entries being used by kde and gnome
that are required for logon.

best wishes
J.