Re: Using WindowMaker under Debian
Santiago Fernandez <fasanti@usc.es> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have two questions about using WindowMaker and I haven't been able
> to find an answer.
>
> Firstly, when I run WindowMaker with startx I cannot save either my
> session or my settings using WPrefs or wmakerconf. I have different
> partitions for /home, /usr, etc... The system says it cannot make a
> symbolic link between devices (I don't remember the exact error
> message and I can't check it now). If I use a graphical login
> application (such as xdm, Login.app, etc...) I don't have that
> problem, but I cannot afford the waste of memory. I've checked
> permissions, Xserver configuration and startx options but I haven't
> been able to find what's missing.
If you have set TMPDIR, then this has already been reported, but I
don't remember which bug report. You just need to unset TMPDIR before
running startx and it should work properly. Apparently the package
tries to rename using a hard link from the file in TMPDIR to /tmp.
Stupid...
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Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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