Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:55:15 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: John Bull <john.bull3@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems starting Gnome as normal user - root okay Message-ID: <1197842115.1312.0.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <3b4e48e0712161318we47116dn559e542379587e22@mail.gmail.com> References: <3b4e48e0712161318we47116dn559e542379587e22@mail.gmail.com>
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--=-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--
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