From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 29 12:38:31 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 4B78C16A41F for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:38:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout7.cac.washington.edu (mxout7.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.178]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0E2343D45 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:38:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout7.cac.washington.edu (8.13.4+UW05.04/8.13.4+UW05.05) with ESMTP id j7TCcTIL024812 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 29 Aug 2005 05:38:29 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.11.6] (YahooBB219010032025.bbtec.net [219.10.32.25]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.4+UW05.04/8.13.4+UW05.07) with ESMTP id j7TCcRdl022195 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Mon, 29 Aug 2005 05:38:28 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20050829123519.12498.fh052.wm@smtp.sc0.cp.net> References: <20050829123519.12498.fh052.wm@smtp.sc0.cp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <71FF7C93-326E-40DE-888C-202B84765D54@u.washington.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:39:13 +0900 To: modelt20@canada.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Users unable to select their own window manager in X. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:38:31 -0000 On Aug 29, 2005, at 9:35 PM, modelt20@canada.com wrote: > Hello All: > > Last week, I did a CVSup on all ports, and then did a > portupgrade over the weekend. The portupgrade completed > successfully, without significant errors. > > Now, normal users are no longer able to set their own > window manager (e.g. fvwm2) in X, but logging in as > root, I can. The user's .xinitrc file has not changed > recently, but when the user launches X, all they get is > the grey hatched background with a black X for the > mouse pointer. No windows (clock, mail, task panel, > etc) appear. If I rename the user's .xinitrc file and > then start X, the standard 'xterm' window manager > loads. As root, the fvwm2 window manager loads fine. It > appears the portupgrade changed a permissions setting > somewhere, but beings this ran over the weekend, I > don't know what setting got changed. > > Also, X is now reporting that it cannot load 'speedo', > that the file doesn't exist. This too began after the > portupgrade. When I look for the file in the 'fonts' > folder, it is indeed missing. > > Does anyone know what went wrong, and what I need to > change to get things back? Some fonts are indeed missing even though they are listed in the xorg.conf file. I don't know why though as I am not an X expert. So feel free to delete any and all unfound references. This shouldn't cause any issues with WMs not loading though I would think.. -Garrett