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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 13:22:25
Message-Id: 3AF59D95.9B19A427@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 Hrm, too bad, I only tested xfce as root here. I will test it as a
17 normal user now.
18 I will make a new revision for xfce that works.
19
20 BTW. if you use emerge instead of ebuild you don't have to care about
21 dependencies. emerge handles them for you. virtual/glu gets resolved
22 from media-libs/mesa-glu. Check /etc/make.profile/virtuals.
23
24 bye achim~
25
26 >
27 > Thanks,
28 > --
29 > Collins Richey
30 > Denver Area
31 > Sybil test system (reiserfs)
32 >
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