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fowler

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Registered: 2009-01-26

Posts: 152

[SOLVED] Tmp problem at startup...

I get the following annoying error when I boot.  Does anyone have any idea how to get rid of it?

:: Removing Leftover Files
/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory '/tmp/.X11-unix': File exists
/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory '/tmp/.ICE-unix': File exists

I forcefully remove the files and reboot but it will eventually come back.

Here is what my /tmp looks like:

$ ls -la /
drwxrwxrwt  14 root root  4096 May 23 11:04 tmp

$ ls -la /tmp/
total 64
drwxrwxrwt 14 root root  4096 May 23 11:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root  4096 May 17 15:16 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 rick users    6 May 23 08:57 blueman-applet-1000
drwx------  2 rick users 4096 May 23 09:00 .com.google.chrome.kHFilY
drwx------  2 rick users 4096 May 23 08:57 .esd-1000
drwx------  2 gdm  gdm   4096 May 23 08:57 .esd-120
drwxrwxrwt  2 root root  4096 May 23 08:57 .ICE-unix
drwx------  2 rick users 4096 May 23 08:57 keyring-1T9zKL
drwx------  2 gdm  gdm   4096 May 23 08:57 orbit-gdm
drwx------  2 rick users 4096 May 23 10:59 orbit-rick
drwx------  2 rick users 4096 May 23 08:57 pulse-at1n28zMVOIf
drwx------  2 gdm  gdm   4096 May 23 08:57 pulse-T9RwKSB1FebW
drwx------  2 rick users 4096 May 23 08:57 ssh-SQrjzhcd4980
drwx------  2 rick users 4096 May 23 08:59 virtual-rick.sjJxpx
-r--r--r--  1 root root    11 May 23 08:57 .X0-lock
drwxrwxrwt  2 root root  4096 May 23 08:57 .X11-unix

Last edited by fowler (2011-06-03 14:40:27)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] Tmp problem at startup...

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/24279

fowler

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Registered: 2009-01-26

Posts: 152

Re: [SOLVED] Tmp problem at startup...

so the solution is to put /tmp in tmpfs??

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] Tmp problem at startup...

so the solution is to put /tmp in tmpfs??

It seems so.