rsync is bad

[Mike Bird]

On Sun June 8 2008 04:11:28 Karl Larsen wrote:
> Mike Bird wrote:
> > On Sat June 7 2008 18:00:19 Karl Larsen wrote:
> >>     I provided all I have in error messages. No-one has offered any
> >> help. My experiance is that problems with X windows are above the help
> >> of anyone.
> >
> > Karl,
> >
> > You have blamed rsync.  OK, let's find the bug in rsync.
> >
> > Please start by telling us one file (or more if you prefer)
> > that is different in the rsync copy than the original.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --Mike Bird
>
>     Exactly. I had the rsync copy at /mnt and the looked at /etc/X11 and
> /etc/gdm along with the same files on this computer. I compared the fact
> that the copy is missing no files in those directories.
>
>     The error messages say the copy is "refusing to initialize GTK+.
> /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... mkdtemp: private socket
> dir. Permission denied. Sounds like something is not being run by root.
> Also no man page for mkdtemp.

If you want software development man pages you need manpages-dev.  apt-file
could have told you that, or you could have googled for "linux man mkdtemp"
without the quotes.

>     I suppose it could be a link is broken. It sure looks like it.

Looks like bad permissions in the user's home directory.  Please show us
the rsync command you used for /home so we can help you find the rsync bug.

--Mike Bird