From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 21 09:09:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B71B16A4BF for ; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:09:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail3.panix.com (mail3.panix.com [166.84.1.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BC7E43FDF for ; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:09:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from panix.com (brillig.panix.com [166.84.1.76]) by mail3.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CB629829D; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 12:09:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from teddy.fas.com (pcp01010374pcs.mplsnt01.sc.comcast.net [68.58.176.69]) by panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE0BE2AA3F; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 12:09:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 19ps0H-0000E6-00; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 12:09:37 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 12:09:37 -0400 From: stan To: Joe Marcus Clarke Message-ID: <20030821160937.GA686@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: Joe Marcus Clarke , Free BSD Questions list References: <20030821010134.GA16183@teddy.fas.com> <1061432099.3847.4.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1061432099.3847.4.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.21 X-Uptime: 12:02:46 up 7 days, 4:59, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown cc: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: Gnome2 config files weirdness X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 16:09:39 -0000 On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 10:14:59PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 21:01, stan wrote: > > I'm trying to get Gnome 2 up and running on a TABLE machine. I've built the > > gnome2 port, and I'm getting gdm2 as a login screen. I'm able to log in as > > a normal user. But when I change something. it thinks it's changing roots > > Gnome config. And indeed all changes I make are affecting all users. > > What changes? There are a lot of configurable options in GNOME. Care > to narrow it down a bit? > additions to the panel. Those are the only cahnges I have tride so far. But somewhere in the configurator, it lists the user name. That shows up as root. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin