On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 17:46 +0530, Vidyadhar Gadgil wrote: > > On Wed, 09 May 2007 15:19:13 +0530 > > Vidyadhar Gadgil <vgadgil@gmail.com> wrote: [snipped buncha stuff] > > > Isn't there any way to give fedora-like ability to open > > > xwindows-dependent programmes as the original user. Some /etc/Xhost* > > > file or something (I could not find any such in my fc5 install)? Or to > > > avoid these hanging problems when switching users with many processes > > > running? > > > > Have you tried the 'sux' package? That should solve the problem you > > describe. > > Installed sux and tried it out. No luck when I tried 'sux user' -- > evolution froze up again. But 'sux - user' worked perfectly. Why is > that? > > Anyway, thanks a ton, you have solved the problem. Would be curious to > know, though, whether the hanging I sometimes experience when using the > fast-user-switch-applet is a bug? Of course, sux is a much better option > for my needs, but I'm curious anyway. "sux - username" refreshes the "users environment" So instead of "sux username" that keeps all of YOUR environmental variables, so it is username in your world. Whereas "sux - username" changes all environmental variables to username's, making it possible to operate as then proper. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net PGP key: 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C Alternate Fingerprint: 09F9 1102 9D74 E35B D841 56C5 6356 88C0
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