HD Install :: /tmp/authority error



hi guys can i pick your brains  dsl is fab and very accomodating in every way but with .7.2 have twice had too reinstall as programs stop working as user dsl only in root keep getting /tmp/ you do not have the authority to open that file, the first program todie from this was xmms now it wont open xpaint or gimp any idea's the only recent change i have done is the chmod +rx /dev/cdrom that john posted in audio , could this have done anything. i don't mind reinstalling just wondered if anyone was able to point out what is going wrong so i can try and fix it.........thanks :(
Try this one:

sudo chmod 777 /tmp

Hope this helps.
Careful.....

While xmms and xpaint are included within the DSL .iso,
the "gimp" , for example, and MANY other.dsl files are NOT,
and are not recommended to be used for HDInstalls,
since the .dsl file may overwrite perms/owners in several key base directories...

For a LiveCD or poorman's install, no big deal, simply reboot.
For a HDInstall, it will soon have the symptoms you are seeing.

I am working on this issue, and have rebuilt MANY, MANY .dsl's so far.

Best to check with a LiveCD first , and search for these issues.
To check if a dsl is doing odd things, use this method.
"tar -ztf  whatever.dsl > whatever.txt"
Then open the file with your fav. editor
If you see THESE directories listed, I'd be VERY cautious.
/
etc/
usr/
usr/bin/
usr/lib/
lib/
tmp/
usr/share/
usr/games/
You should only see FILES in the .dsl's , and not any directories
that are ALREADY in the base DSL .iso
( a "usr/games/mygame/scores/ " directory would be fine, for ex: )

If the perms/owners are all damnsmall.staff or dsl.staff - this can also cause these symptoms with HDInstalls
( /usr /lib and /etc ARE NOT OWNED by damnsmall.staff)

Open the file in a temp or work directory, like "tar zxvf any.dsl"
then do a "ls-al" or "ls-alR" and see if key directories like
/etc /usr /usr/lib /lib   are owned by root.root - which is good
...or damnsmall.staff ( dsl.staff ) - which is BAD...

Again..  HDInstall users take heed, as the contribs are coming in
faster
than we can thoroughly examine every instance in every type of install, in every .dsl file we receive..

Your input is a valuable resource to finding these issues quickly,
before even more folks start asking these kinds of questions.

73
ke4nt
THANKS AGAIN CBAGGER  ONCE AGAIN YOU HAD THE ANSWER!!!!! :D  :D  :D  MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE A HELP FILE WRITTEN THAT PEOPLE COULD LOOK TO BEFORE THE FORUMS AS I REGULARLY SEE DUPLICATE ENTRIES AND THAT IS SINCE I FOUND DSL IN 06/04 SO PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF KE4NT ROBERTS AND JOHN MUST GET A BIT CHEESED WITH PEOPLE REPEATING THINGS........JUST A THOUGHT
yeah xmms and xpaint first so maybe i gotta start again...... :(    strange tho as first installed these apps days ago and all have previously been run so unsure what happened if  i figure it out i shall happliy post it and all worked fine with 0.7.1 has the load mydsl gui changed the way things are loaded as the apps i wget are fine only ones that i used the gui for such as gimp where as my own ones eg gtkam that i wgot after installing 0.7.2 work fine as do the others only ones ive used the gui for  gimp and xine are stuck the others work fine???? maybe I'll reinstall later and wget them all keep your eyes peeled!!! this may be an issue for hd installers
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