Tiny Core Base > TCB Q&A Forum

help! /home/tc created root:root -- stuck waiting on .Xauthority

(1/6) > >>

kevinfish:
I added persistent home with home=sda7 in my menu.lst file, removed home/tc from .filetool.lst and now every time it boots ~tc is created with root:root ownership and it gets stuck with:

xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/tc/.Xauthority

I have to break out with ^C, type:

$ sudo chown tc:staff ~tc; startx

to get it all running again.  I have checked there are no other mydata.tgz files on the system and one I have doesn't have home/tc in it.

Why is it doing this?

P.S. also check my other posts because the problems may be related.

curaga:
Is this a fat filesystem?

kevinfish:
no

Guy:
This is strange, and shouldn't happen. I think it is a matter of considering any possible causes, and eliminating the ones you know are not causing it.

What filesystem is it?

If you save files in /home/tc, are they still there next time you boot?

What other boot options are you using?

Does it still happen if you boot with the norestore boot option?

Is there anything unusual about your installation which may cause it to function differently to a normal one?

kevinfish:
ext3

yes, persistent /home

kernel /bzImage quiet xvesa=1280x800x16 laptop waitusb=5 root=/dev/ram0 real_ro
ot=/dev/sda7 max_loop=255 home=sda7 tce=sda7 opt=sda7

haven't checked the norestore option (but since I'm not backing up /home/tc I don't see what difference it should make -- but I'll try it anyway).

not that I can think of right off the bat.  I have a multi-boot with gentoo but I haven't even booted it in a long time.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page