Re: XServer / startx - Problem Solved

["Brian Fernald" <fernald nsi edu>]

I found out that the problem was the . Xclients for Redhat 4.2 does not work
under 5.0.  The errors (Opertation Not Permitted) were not related to the
problem.. it just happened to be the last reported error.
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/Xclients  under 5.0 works as a replacement.

Thanks for all the suggestions,

Brian Fernald
fernald nsi edu



-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin D. Colby <kevin marcal com>
To: redhat-install-list redhat com <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Date: Friday, December 12, 1997 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: XServer / startx


>>We have upgraded two machines to Redhat 5.0 and now are having problems
>>running fvwm.  As root, it starts up no problem. As a user it freezes with
>>at the grey/black/white gridded background. If I hit   crtl-alt-backspace
it
>>drops out to a prompt. At that point there is an error :
>>
>>rm /tmp/fvwmrca08683     Operation Not Permitted
>>
>>I checked /tmp .. and the file is owned and grouped under root.    Anyone
>>have any ideas?  Again, it works fine as root, but not as anyone else.
>
>Sounds to me like this file is a temporary file created as a placeholder
>when X is started.  Of course, it _should_ be deleted when X is quit.
>If you originally ran X as root and dumped out of it (Cntrl-Alt-Backspace),
>then this file could have never been deleted.  As root it would work,
>because root can override the permissions, but anyone else would be SOL.
>
>Try erasing that file as root.
>Then run X as root and quit X gracefully (not Cntrl-Alt-Backspace).
>Check for this file.
>
>If it's there again, your startx script is forgetting to erase it.
>Try and fix that, then all your troubles will go away.
>
>        - Kevin Colby
>          kevin marcal com
>
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