Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:17:38 -0700 (PDT) From: modelt20@canada.com To: kdk@daleco.biz Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Users unable to select their own window manager in X. Message-ID: <20050829141739.5304.fh039.wm@smtp.sc0.cp.net>
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Hello Kevin: Thank you for your input. The permissions on fvwm2 are: -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 355452 Aug 26 10:13 /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2* It appears the fvwm2 has been upgraded; and its one (or more) of the dependent files that is causing the issue. Thanks. > On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:45:18 -0500, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > > 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. > > > > > > What do the logs say? > > In one line of thought, it sure sounds as if whatever > wm they are calling isn't there any longer, or, more > likely, > encounters an error and hangs. Obviously the X > server is starting, and the wm isn't. Again, logs or > stderr (switch to ttyv0 and read console) might give a > clue. > > The "standard 'xterm' window manager" is twm, and > is started in the abscence of the user's .xinitrc by > (most likely) /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc. > > And, it might be a permissions issue, but I can't tell > by your description. FWIW, here's the permissions > on my fvwm2: > > [587] Mon 29.Aug.2005 8:37:46 > [kadmin@archangel][/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit] > # ll /usr/X11R*/bin/fvwm2 > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 355452 Jun 23 21:29 > /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2* > > More likely, it's not permissions on this file itself, > though, > but some dependant object instead..... > > HTH, > > Kevin Kinsey > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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