Since the file has "gdm" in its name (this is the file whose ownership goes to root:root after upgrade it seems), I thought it's a file of gdm. Maybe I'm wrong, as I've written before this is only a guess from me that it's a gdm bug, it can be other, of course. So I could recompose this bugreport as "cannot run X clients after major upgrades from remote ssh session", but I don't know upgrade of which package cause this exactly (well, sorry if my comment seems to be intrusive, but because my English is far from perfect I always worry about others not able to understand me correctly ...). By the way, it seems that env.var. XAUTHORITY has got value of /tmp/.gdmFV696T, exactly this file.
No disk issue, I'm sure.
lgb@vega:~$ mount
/dev/sda2 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.24-11-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/lgb/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=lgb)
Ok, but if it's true that gdm should not using tmp, what's this in the output of strace (it's an example, now I run xterm)?
lgb@vega:~$ strace -o /tmp/L xterm "/tmp/. gdmFV696T" , R_OK) = 0 tmp/.gdmFV696T" , O_RDONLY) = 4
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Since the file has "gdm" in its name (this is the file whose ownership goes to root:root after upgrade it seems), I thought it's a file of gdm. Maybe I'm wrong, as I've written before this is only a guess from me that it's a gdm bug, it can be other, of course. So I could recompose this bugreport as "cannot run X clients after major upgrades from remote ssh session", but I don't know upgrade of which package cause this exactly (well, sorry if my comment seems to be intrusive, but because my English is far from perfect I always worry about others not able to understand me correctly ...). By the way, it seems that env.var. XAUTHORITY has got value of /tmp/.gdmFV696T, exactly this file.
No disk issue, I'm sure.
lgb@vega:~$ mount errors= remount- ro) nosuid, nodev) nosuid, nodev) nosuid, nodev,mode= 0755) nosuid, nodev,mode= 1777) 2.6.24- 11-generic/ volatile type tmpfs (rw) security type securityfs (rw) fs/binfmt_ misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec, nosuid, nodev) fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid, nodev,user= lgb)
/dev/sda2 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime,
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/
securityfs on /sys/kernel/
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/lgb/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-
lgb@vega:~$ env INFO=/tmp/ seahorse- 5VpTUR/ S.gpg-agent: 6245:1 COOKIE= 92ad7e3941d35ab 5cf1cb600464d0b 30-1204531474. 834884- 1282338699 -mtune= pentium4 -march=pentium4 FILES=/ etc/gtk/ gtkrc:/ home/lgb/ .gtkrc- 1.2-gnome2 PATH=/home/ lgb/.local/ lib no=00:fi= 00:di=01; 34:ln=01; 36:pi=40; 33:so=01; 35:do=01; 35:bd=40; 33;01:cd= 40;33;01: or=40;31; 01:su=37; 41:sg=30; 43:tw=30; 42:ow=34; 42:st=37; 44:ex=01; 32:*.tar= 01;31:* .tgz=01; 31:*.svgz= 01;31:* .arj=01; 31:*.taz= 01;31:* .lzh=01; 31:*.lzma= 01;31:* .zip=01; 31:*.z= 01;31:* .Z=01;31: *.dz=01; 31:*.gz= 01;31:* .bz2=01; 31:*.bz= 01;31:* .tbz2=01; 31:*.tz= 01;31:* .deb=01; 31:*.rpm= 01;31:* .jar=01; 31:*.rar= 01;31:* .ace=01; 31:*.zoo= 01;31:* .cpio=01; 31:*.7z= 01;31:* .rz=01; 31:*.jpg= 01;35:* .jpeg=01; 35:*.gif= 01;35:* .bmp=01; 35:*.pbm= 01;35:* .pgm=01; 35:*.ppm= 01;35:* .tga=01; 35:*.xbm= 01;35:* .xpm=01; 35:*.tif= 01;35:* .tiff=01; 35:*.png= 01;35:* .svg=01; 35:*.mng= 01;35:* .pcx=01; 35:*.mov= 01;35:* .mpg=01; 35:*.mpeg= 01;35:* .m2v=01; 35:*.mkv= 01;35:* .ogm=01; 35:*.mp4= 01;35:* .m4v=01; 35:*.mp4v= 01;35:* .vob=01; 35:*.qt= 01;35:* .nuv=01; 35:*.wmv= 01;35:* .asf=01; 35:*.rm= 01;35:* .rmvb=01; 35:*.flc= 01;35:* .avi=01; 35:*.fli= 01;35:* .gl=01; 35:*.dl= 01;35:* .xcf=01; 35:*.xwd= 01;35:* .yuv=01; 35:*.aac= 00;36:* .au=00; 36:*.flac= 00;36:* .mid=00; 36:*.midi= 00;36:* .mka=00; 36:*.mp3= 00;36:* .mpc=00; 36:*.ogg= 00;36:* .ra=00; 36:*.wav= 00;36: SOCK=/tmp/ keyring- 5FJjf6/ ssh SOCKET= /tmp/keyring- 5FJjf6/ socket MANAGER= local/vega: /tmp/.ICE- unix/6176 lgb/.maildir/ SESSION= default lgb/.local/ bin:/home/ lgb/bin: /usr/local/ sbin:/usr/ local/bin: /usr/sbin: /usr/bin: /sbin:/ bin:/usr/ games LOCATION= local PID=6175 en_US.UTF- 8 -mtune= pentium4 -march=pentium4 SESSION_ ID=Default DIRS=/usr/ local/share/ :/usr/share/ :/usr/share/ gdm/ BUS_ADDRESS= unix:abstract= /tmp/dbus- cpBm0IG9ur, guid=73d41efe1a 2c829852672f194 7cbb117 gnome-terminal /tmp/.gdmFV696T
GPG_AGENT_
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm
XDG_SESSION_
CPPFLAGS=
GTK_RC_
WINDOWID=59149577
USER=lgb
LD_LIBRARY_
LS_COLORS=
SSH_AUTH_
GNOME_KEYRING_
SESSION_
USERNAME=lgb
MAIL=/home/
DESKTOP_
PATH=/home/
<email address hidden>
GDM_XSERVER_
PWD=/home/lgb
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
GNOME_KEYRING_
GDM_LANG=
GDMSESSION=default
HOME=/home/lgb
SHLVL=1
CFLAGS=
GNOME_DESKTOP_
LOGNAME=lgb
XDG_DATA_
DBUS_SESSION_
DEBFULLNAME=Gabor Lenart
<email address hidden>
WINDOWPATH=7
DISPLAY=:0.0
COLORTERM=
XAUTHORITY=
_=/usr/bin/env