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Re: afterstep



On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, W Paul Mills wrote:

> I believe that /usr/X11R6/bin/X needs to be suid root.

no, that wasn't the problem.  note that there are no problems with any
other wm i've tried (fvwm/2/95, olvwm, twm)

i should also note that X is killed when i start up afterstep.

-brad

> On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Brad Bell wrote:
> 
> > hi, i am having some trouble (with permissions?) starting up afterstep.
> > if i start it as root, there are no problems.  
> > if i start as a normal user, i get this:
> > 
> > velcro# cat /home/brad/.xsession-errors
> > sh: /tmp/steprcXXXXX: Permission denied
> > Cannot open m4-processed config file
> > : No such file or directory
> > xterm:  fatal IO error 2 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
> > 
> > the /tmp/ thing is what throws me off.  /tmp is empty before and after i
> > try to start afterstep.
> > my system is basically 1.3.0
> > 
> > can anyone advise me on what to look for?
> > 
> > -brad
> > 
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