From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jul 25 19:13:39 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 723A2CFFC6B for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2017 19:13:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA_HLL_ISSUER_2016" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 43AFE3770 for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2017 19:13:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id C185C6225E; Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:13:37 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id yv9ZOpGqmZpX; Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:13:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (inet04.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 923A56225D; Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:13:35 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=harte-lyne.ca; s=dkim_hll; t=1501010016; bh=KHGSbUjmEQCz8+63RqLJviaGTRP/PQ4rbhBORK89WQc=; h=In-Reply-To:References:Date:Subject:From:To:Cc:Reply-To; b=JK7kcjZdiHGGb4JCbWcn5WNVR8r5UOICNk3k1kO6CMS95KwWPpdNDbaesAnAXBgub 7JISHSWdTeVn/RdISShTqYWePIzwF6NYXBNX6hT+j7aKShHPuLMEUIDWpGwqCJVaVf GgMK7XSrg8/0YOmE8CnMqOM++Ogk2m3vfz2/3+0CU5IrVyketOaHD14BDs+vkmFmvA BE2muiB67UbLNW9Vq8/uSprtDUkgp+iNSXu4EGlX08rvuHkta41TyfVyQ/KY22MJfj CRhfWriDD089O9k+eG1G+QGxLzU8zf6RyGxI+VU13xueDmDh0upcC0MhY3m2sYiRKr DfX42OAwXvj0Q== Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:13:36 -0400 Message-ID: <05fccc1437e343765da6f0c944b5b2bf.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> In-Reply-To: <20170725210647.6f4c8fcd.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20170725210647.6f4c8fcd.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:13:36 -0400 Subject: Re: FreeBSD-11, Mate, Terminal, Gvim From: "James B. Byrne" To: "Polytropon" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22-5.el6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 19:13:39 -0000 On Tue, July 25, 2017 15:06, Polytropon wrote: > > 2. Use "su -m" instead, which will preserve the environment of > your user, and $DISPLAY will be kept set. > Thank you. The second option works perfectly well for my purposes. I had been using sudo su -l for decades on CentOS. It did not occur to me that the behaviour might be different on FreeBSD. Well, it did actually, I just could not see how that would affect this. Thanks again. -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3