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Aron Rotteveel
Asked: 2011-02-05 00:51:30 +0800 CST

Configuration server problem after changing /tmp mountpoint: how to solve?

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I created a new partition on my hard drive because my /tmp partition was too small. I changed the mountpoint in /etc/fstab and rebooted.

Every time I reboot, I get the following error message at the login screen:

There is a problem with the configuration server. (/usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256)

When I log in, /tmp is mounted correctly and everything seems to work fine. When I reboot, the error shows again. When I change the /tmp mountpoint back to the old partition, the error message disappears.

What could be causing this and how can I solve this issue?

10.10

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    This appears to be a sticky bit problem. /tmp needs to have permissions of 1777 (drwxrwxrwt ), please note the last 't' flag.

    Compare permissions of /tmp using ls -ld /tmp with new and old partition and if it is different,

    Try changing permissions on new partition.

    sudo chmod 1777 /tmp
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  2. I guess you deal with a corrupt file system.

    Boot from a Ubuntu install disk(flashdrive) and run fsck with the -fy option on your hard drive (/), this will fix several things and cur the error message.

    Please let me know, if this fixes your problem!

    Regards, Ilias el Matani

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