From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 16 21:55:23 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A849E16A46C for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:55:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (marcuscom-pt.tunnel.tserv1.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:ffff::1279]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A38813C457 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:55:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:2464::4] (shumai.marcuscom.com [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:2464::4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id lBGLtFrp002916; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:55:15 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: John Bull In-Reply-To: <3b4e48e0712161318we47116dn559e542379587e22@mail.gmail.com> References: <3b4e48e0712161318we47116dn559e542379587e22@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-6ONzPix1CBCKaLVefUNl" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:55:15 -0500 Message-Id: <1197842115.1312.0.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems starting Gnome as normal user - root okay X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:55:23 -0000 --=-6ONzPix1CBCKaLVefUNl Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 16:18 -0500, John Bull wrote: > I am new to gnome. >=20 > I have just recently installed freebsd 7.0-BETA3 and thought I would give > gnome a try. All gnome software was built from ports and a pkg_list is > provided. I can start gnome if I login and start it with startx, but I ca= n > not print, download files from the web etc. If change my rc.config file > (provided) to execute GDM my normal user fails, root is okay. >=20 > I believe this is all do to permissions but I am at a lost. I have search > the web with no luck. >=20 > Any help would be greatly appreciated and if any other information is > required please let me know. Check perms on /tmp and /var/tmp. They should both be 1777. Joe --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-6ONzPix1CBCKaLVefUNl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBHZZ6/b2iPiv4Uz4cRAqTvAJ9jtJL0n2a4oDHNNRYAtYMya92AOgCgrV4k b1AQ5RK4yDnJnTUN45GJT8I= =81oH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-6ONzPix1CBCKaLVefUNl--