Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 10:32:27 +0100 From: <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Recompiled Sawfish, now startx works only for root WAS [Re: Newly installed 4.6Stable+gnome1.4x = Broken Sawfish] Message-ID: <1027762347.3d4268abead03@netmail.pipex.net> In-Reply-To: <1027722543.879.131.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> References: <1027633744.3d407250466bc@netmail.pipex.net> <1027641650.21180.8.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1027663058.3d40e4d2c23a1@netmail.pipex.net> <1027700137.879.23.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> <1027717292.3d41b8ac642ad@netmail.pipex.net> <1027720255.879.124.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> <1027722211.3d41cbe3bdf12@netmail.pipex.net> <1027722543.879.131.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com>
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Hi Joe, I recompiled Sawfish, but now startx only works for root. For each user, there already exists the .xinitrc file with: /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session being the only line in there. The error I get is: Fatal Server Error: Cannnot open log file /var/log/XFree86.0.log Please help me with this. Stacey Quoting Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>: > On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 18:23, sroberts@dsl.pipex.com wrote: > > > > Hi Joe, > > Thanks for getting back to me, and for the straight-forward > answers. > > > > I'm happy with what you've advised here (I'll take a closer look at > the -f > > switch for portupgrade, too), and go with the following: > > > > Log off of X > > cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/sawfish > > portupgrade -f sawfish > > You don't need to be in the sawfish directory to use portupgrade. > > > > > Hopefully that'll sort out the "Sawfish not running error" I keep > getting, so > > that I can go ahead and complete the setting up of gnome / Sawfish > desktop env. > > If it doesn't, you're going to have to get me the output of sawfish when > run manually from the CLI. > > Joe > > > > > Thanks again for your help. > > > > Stacey > > > > > > Quoting Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>: > > > > > On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 17:01, sroberts@dsl.pipex.com wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Joe, > > > > I had a check for librep on the box, it *is* librep-0.16.1_1 > that I > > > have. > > > > > > > > With this in mind: > > > > > > > > 1] Should I still think about recompiling Sawfish? > > > > > > Yes. > > > > > > > > > > > 2] You mentioned in your earlier reply that your use > > > sysutils/portupgrade for > > > > this purpose, how would I use portupgrade in this scenario? That > is, > > > presumably > > > > as cvsup of my ports tree didn't flag Sawfish as requiring an > upgrade, > > > how do I > > > > use portupgrade to re-compile Sawfish? > > > > > > portupgrade -f sawfish > > > > > > > > > > > 3] And a bit off-topic here, I did see that XFree86-4 Server had > an > > > available > > > > upgrade, so I ran portupgrade -R for this. Do I need to re-run > XFree86 > > > - > > > > configure for XFree86-4 again? > > > > > > No. > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you very much for the time, Joe. Hope to hear from you again > > > soon. > > > > > > > > Stacey > > > > > > > > > > > > Quoting Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>: > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 01:57, sroberts@dsl.pipex.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Joe, > > > > > > I don't actually recall doing an update for librep after > > > installing > > > > > the > > > > > > system. I'll first try to locate it but, what version (if > any) > > > should > > > > > I have > > > > > > for librep? > > > > > > > > > > You should have librep-0.16.1_1. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, in terms of recompiling librep, it the following > procedure > > > safe > > > > > to > > > > > > perform:- > > > > > > <after updating if requried> > > > > > > cd /us/ports/<whichever_dir>/librep > > > > > > make deinstall clean && make reinstall clean > > > > > > > > > > I use sysutils/portupgrade to do such things, but your method > should > > > > > work as well. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I take it if I find that I don't have librep (by chance), then > > > I'll > > > > > have to > > > > > > install it and reinstall Sawfish as well? > > > > > > > > > > Yes, you will have to update both. > > > > > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for taking the time. > > > > > > > > > > > > Stacey > > > > > > > > > > > > Quoting Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 17:49, sroberts@dsl.pipex.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > First of all I'd like to thank the list members that > have > > > > > taken > > > > > > > the time > > > > > > > > to assist me in getting to the stage where I have a stable > > > system > > > > > now. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm having problems getting gnome / Sawfish to play > together > > > > > though. I > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > gnomecontrolcenter, I have selected Sawfish as the current > > > window > > > > > > > manager, but > > > > > > > > when I click the Sawfish configuration tool, I get a beep, > and > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > error: "Sawfish isn't running." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Could someone let me know if I've missed something out, or > > > what I > > > > > > > might check > > > > > > > > in order to get Sawfish set up as the default window > manager > > > for > > > > > my > > > > > > > gnome- > > > > > > > > 1.4_latest, please? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Did you update librep _after_ compiling sawfish? If so, > > > recompile > > > > > > > sawfish, and your problem should be fixed. If not, please > send > > > me > > > > > > > either your ~/.gnomerc-errors (if running gdm) or the output > > > from > > > > > the > > > > > > > console when trying to start sawfish (if you don't see any > > > errors, > > > > > bring > > > > > > > up an xterm, and run sawfish manually). Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks again.., > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Stacey > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the > message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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