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From: Hans-Werner Hilse <hilse@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox without/with gdm ?
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 11:56:42
Message-Id: 20060806135240.329af7bb.hilse@web.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox without/with gdm ? by dnlt0hn5ntzhbqkv51
1 Hi,
2
3 On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:59:10 -0400
4 dnlt0hn5ntzhbqkv51 <dnlt0hn5ntzhbqkv51@×××××××××.net> wrote:
5
6 > I tweaked .initrc, startx'd and fluxbox was great......... except....when
7 > entering passwords (e.g. su; gpg), I'd frequently have to reenter 5-8
8 > times.
9 >
10 > Out of desparation, I emerged gdm (without xdm startup) and BANG -
11 > password problem cured!
12 >
13 > Please explain why this happened!? How does GDM affect fluxbox which is
14 > invoked by startx/.initrc??
15
16 Keyboard/modmap settings that you don't do manually in your .xinitrc?
17 Other than that, I see little chances that any X stuff could break a
18 console app like "su". You could try strace'ing the "su"...
19
20 -hwh
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