Bug 697134

Summary: tmux fails to start (can't create socket: No such file or directory)
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Norbert Papke <norbot>
Component: tmuxAssignee: Sven Lankes <sven>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 15CC: rosset.filipe, sven
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Hardware: x86_64   
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Fixed In Version: tmux-1.4-4.fc15 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Norbert Papke 2011-04-16 00:57:35 UTC
Description of problem:

Running tmux doesn't start.  Problem irrespective of whether run as ordinary user or root.

$ tmux
can't create socket: No such file or directory


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

tmux-1.4-3.fc15.x86_64

How reproducible:

Every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Try to run tmux
2.
3.
  
Actual results:

doesn't start


Expected results:

should start

Additional info:

$ strace tmux

[...]

getuid()                                = 1000
mkdir("/var/run//tmux/tmux-1000", 0700) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
fstat(2, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0600, st_rdev=makedev(136, 0), ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f78eabff000
write(2, "can't create socket: No such fil"..., 47can't create socket: No such file or directory
) = 47
exit_group(1)


# df | grep /var/run
tmpfs                  4097068      2520   4094548   1% /var/run


# ll -d /var/run
drwxr-xr-x 33 root root 1200 Apr 15 17:42 /var/run

Comment 1 Norbert Papke 2011-04-16 01:07:19 UTC
Should have mentioned that recreating the /var/run/tmux directory (lost at reboot on the tmpfs) provides a work-around.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2011-04-16 09:45:02 UTC
tmux-1.4-4.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tmux-1.4-4.fc15

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2011-04-17 02:03:44 UTC
Package tmux-1.4-4.fc15:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing tmux-1.4-4.fc15'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tmux-1.4-4.fc15
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2011-04-20 03:24:46 UTC
tmux-1.4-4.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.