From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 29 16:09:47 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 294E216A41F for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:09:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E78243D48 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:09:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j7TG9hKF058340; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:09:43 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 36A73626D; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:09:43 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:09:43 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: modelt20@canada.com Message-ID: <20050829160943.GA10209@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: modelt20@canada.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20050829123519.12498.fh052.wm@smtp.sc0.cp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050829123519.12498.fh052.wm@smtp.sc0.cp.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 16:09:47 -0000 --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 05:35:18AM -0700, modelt20@canada.com wrote: > Hello All: >=20 > Last week, I did a CVSup on all ports, and then did a > portupgrade over the weekend. The portupgrade completed > successfully, without significant errors. >=20 > 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 Check the ModulePath setting in ~/.fvwm2rc. This usually contains the version number, so after an upgrade FVWM2 won't be albe to find its modules. For example, in my ~/.fvwm2rc I have: ModulePath /usr/X11R6/libexec/fvwm/2.4.19/ If I were to upgrade to a newer version, I'd have to change this. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDEzNHEnfvsMMhpyURAmpaAJwMXOKOf2rib1M2t+zIFTQCEVC9qACcDAAN wE1z4C9dEBo0eFLZYvpepC8= =WHb9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q--