Le Sun, 4 May 2008 22:05:34 +0100,
"Thomas Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :

> On 04/05/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> [...]
> 
> >  If you think this problem is cured in 2.4.25, I am glad to try it. But I
> > bet it is not. The problem is as I said one of those weird problems that I
> 
> But this doesn't have anything to do with FVWM.  OK, I am not using
> Slackware, but neither can I reproduce it, and I can't say I am
> surprised.  There is nothing inherently weird in starting a termina,
> typing in su and then for it to mangle your bindings.
> 
> It's -possible- it's something to do with XTerm, such as settings for
> its resource for thing like:
> 
> eightBitInput
> eightBitControl
> 
> And you perhaps not having set:
> 
> XTerm*metaSendsEscape:  true
> 
> In your ~/.Xdefaults --- but this would explain really why you see
> this when you su.
> 
> -- Thomas Adam
> 

Another issue with su is that it can do some weird things with the path.
Something like you have the root permissions but still the $PATH of the user
that launched the su. Because of that, I always issue 'su -'. That give me the
real root environment.

-- 
Dominique Michel

Mes 3 projets préférés auxquels je contribue:
 * FVWM-Crystal, le bureau basé sur FVWM:
      http://fvwm-crystal.org
 * AlsaPlayer, le lecteur audio avec contrôle de vitesse en continu:
      www.alsaplayer.org
 * L'overlay pour la MAO sous gentoo:
      http://proaudio.tuxfamily.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

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