Bug 5288 – can't start xkbcomp

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Bug 5288 - can't start xkbcomp

Summary:	can't start xkbcomp

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	XFree86 (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.0
Hardware:	alpha Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	David Lawrence
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Reported:	1999-09-21 19:38 EDT by air_ogi
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	1999-09-27 16:45:21 EDT
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Description air_ogi 1999-09-21 19:38:55 EDT

System:
Compaq AlphaServer DS10 with redhat everything install.

Problem:
Permission on /var/tmp (drwxr-xr-x) on alpha redhat systems
dont allow creating of temp/lock files by a non-root user.
This causes XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) to exit
with write error and fall back to pre-keymap.

Solution:
Set permission to drwxrwxrt (sticky bit), as it is on i386
redhat.

Comment 1 air_ogi 1999-09-25 01:53:59 EDT

This bug was caused by kdenetwork-1.1.2-2.alpha.rpm installation. It
has nothing to do with X or filesystem rpm(s)

Comment 2 Preston Brown 1999-09-27 16:45:59 EDT

bug in kde packaging changed /var/tmp ownership, this was corrected.

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