Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:50:53 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Clint Olsen <clint.olsen@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't start more than one gnome-session as the same user? Message-ID: <476A3AFD.7050303@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071220093317.GA20354@0lsen.net> References: <20071220054842.GA1337@0lsen.net> <20071220093317.GA20354@0lsen.net>
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-----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-----
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