From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 20 10:20:55 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EE6716A418 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:20:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D3AB13C461 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:20:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from flosoft.no-ip.biz (ool-435559b8.dyn.optonline.net [67.85.89.184]) by mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0JTC002B6E0T4ZC0@mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:50:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from flosoft.no-ip.biz (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by flosoft.no-ip.biz (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id lBK9orue027095; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:50:53 -0500 Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:50:53 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" In-reply-to: <20071220093317.GA20354@0lsen.net> To: Clint Olsen Message-id: <476A3AFD.7050303@gmail.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 References: <20071220054842.GA1337@0lsen.net> <20071220093317.GA20354@0lsen.net> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071217) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't start more than one gnome-session as the same user? 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: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:20:55 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Clint Olsen wrote: > On Dec 19, Clint Olsen wrote: >> I searched and found a lot of old hits of this error. The >> solutions are not very compelling. Unsetting SESSION_MANAGER >> before launching vncserver only cascades errors down into the >> various client programs like the desktop etc. > > Answering my own question, the problem is that you really need to > start with a fresh shell that isn't inherited from the existing > windowing environment. So, logging in remotely and starting up > vncserver works. While I wouldn't call this very elegant, at least > it works. > Side question: Can this solution be used to access multiple accounts on the same machine? > > -- Aryeh M. Friedman FloSoft Systems http://www.flosoft-systems.com > Developer, not business, friendly -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHajr9zIOMjAek4JIRAiWYAJ90tgiNOc3iPNj997pd6RiAJZ6y0QCeJ8L4 iNP3nXbVZT/3uDJEfcRPs4c= =+C8X -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----