startx -> FreeFontPath error message
by danick from LinuxQuestions.org on (#53X6A)
Hello everyone,
I'm new to linuxquestions.org and am fairly new to Linux. I use Linux for research related to computational chemistry.
I have run into a new problem which has me flummoxed.
System boots up OK but when it goes to run startx (automatically), it crashes.
The biggest clue from the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file is the final line:
FreeFontPath: FPE "unix/:7100" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
Error messages displayed to the screen include the above line, plus:
As root" the message is not enough free disk space on /tmp"
As a non-root user, the message is:
mkdtemp: private socket for dir: No space left on device"
Can anyone guess where the problem is or what I could try next?
I see this error msg has been asked about, several years ago, but I'm not seeing an answer. The suggestion to add (a symbolic link to) session.d into /etc/dbus-1/ did not affect it.
Possibly relevant: The problem occurred after I did a reboot (shutdown -r); it never occurred with a shutdown -h, but now I can't get back to how it was!
If relevant:
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-53.e15 x86_64 Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System is: Linux 2.6.18-92.1.22.e15
I'd like to avoid updating, if possible.
Very appreciatively,
David
I'm new to linuxquestions.org and am fairly new to Linux. I use Linux for research related to computational chemistry.
I have run into a new problem which has me flummoxed.
System boots up OK but when it goes to run startx (automatically), it crashes.
The biggest clue from the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file is the final line:
FreeFontPath: FPE "unix/:7100" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
Error messages displayed to the screen include the above line, plus:
As root" the message is not enough free disk space on /tmp"
As a non-root user, the message is:
mkdtemp: private socket for dir: No space left on device"
Can anyone guess where the problem is or what I could try next?
I see this error msg has been asked about, several years ago, but I'm not seeing an answer. The suggestion to add (a symbolic link to) session.d into /etc/dbus-1/ did not affect it.
Possibly relevant: The problem occurred after I did a reboot (shutdown -r); it never occurred with a shutdown -h, but now I can't get back to how it was!
If relevant:
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-53.e15 x86_64 Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System is: Linux 2.6.18-92.1.22.e15
I'd like to avoid updating, if possible.
Very appreciatively,
David