On Sun, 06 May 2001 23:31:17 +0200 AGottinger@... (Achim Gottinger) wrote:

> Collins Richey wrote:
> > 
> > yes, I have ~/.xfce.  I even removed this folder and started xfce again, but xfce will not do anything as a normal user.
> > 
> can you start the apps from an xterm? 
> You can try the following, remove your .xinitrc file and say
> echo "xfce" > ~/.wm
> Then run startx and see ig things work now.
> 

echoing xfce to .wm and startx makes no difference.  Nothing will run from clicking the icons (xftree, run, xfmouse, etc.).  If I click on the desktop and select run, the dialog appears and I can run xftree, xfmouse, xterm.  If I try to run sylpheed from the xterm, I get permission denied, even though /usr/local/bin/sylpheed has permissions rwxr-xr-x.

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Collins Richey
temp setup on gentoo