Total Noob here I was playing around with trying to get get root permissions to read/write and when I rebooted I got the following message:

"Your session only lasted 10 seconds. If you have not logged out yourself, this could mean that you could be out of disk space. Try logging in with one of the failsafe sessions to see if you can fix this problem."

I know I have plenty of disc space and i have tried to logon with one of the other sessions and it doesn't work.

When I click View details (~/.xsession-errors file) it says:
/etc/mdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
localuser:clone1008 being added to access control
list
Setting IM through im-switch for local=en_US.
Start IM through etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_All linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default.
mkdtemp: private socket dir: Permission denied

Btw I am using Linux Mint Maya 13 Cinnamon

Were you allowed to login into the DE ?
Just keep on logging in with the password. You will be allowed to login sometimes the 3rd attempt. If you cannot wait then do this-- Press CTL+ALT+F3 --when a shell is there login as regular user then issue this--

(this one you should be in your $USER/HOME directory not somewhere else, and
Press again, this time CTL+ALT+F7 and login as regular user.

Hope that helps.

Goodluck.

chmod -R 777 /tmp

fixed the problem for me

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thanks for solution saved my lot of time
it solvved only by

chmod -R 777 /tmp

worked for me

but I have not changed that setting

it was 755
stange how did that happen anyone know it please explain

I have recently upgarded to linux 4.0
but to my knowledge this is application bug cannot be because of kernel change

Thanks in advance
Devidas Jadhav

devidasjadhav

you do know that this thread is from 2013

and that "777"ing a folder
IS NEVER A FIX, IT IS A ROYAL MESS UP

and on some Operating systems SE will even STOP!!!! the boot untill it is FIXED


NEVER!!!!!! 777 a system folder !!!! that is NEVER a fix


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