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From: AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger)
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] xfce runs root only!
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 13:29:09
Message-Id: 3AF59F39.711225C4@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] xfce runs root only! by Collins Richey
1 Collins Richey wrote:
2 >
3 > I completed enough installs (X11, gtk+, etc.) to get xfce up and running plus
4 > my favorite mailer sylpheed, but...
5 >
6 > xfce will not run successfully other than from root!
7 >
8 > xfce comes up, but any attempt to launch any of its programs dies quietly as a
9 > normal user.
10 >
11 > Full functionality works (including mail) as root, but I'm not interested in
12 > running as root very much.
13 >
14 > How can I fix this?
15
16 Make sure you have the ~/.xfce dir. xfce works without problems here as
17 a normal user.
18
19 bye achim~
20
21 >
22 > Thanks,
23 > --
24 > Collins Richey
25 > Denver Area
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27 >
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