On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 10:15:27AM -0600, Alan Feuerbacher wrote: > On 5/27/2017 2:45 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > > On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 01:27:28PM -0600, Alan Feuerbacher wrote: > > > Now that I've got LFS 8.0 up and running with X, I'm trying to address > > > various issues: > > > > > Some of this belongs on blfs-support, although I'll comment now. > > But in general try to fix one problem at a time (firefox and > > thunderbird counts as one problem). > > *I* am working on them one at a time, but throwing piles at you staff guys. > :-) >
No, you are throwing piles of unrelated issues at everyone who reads the lists - and most help does not come from the editors. People are more likely to respond if you can ask one thing at a time. > > This is now sorted, given your notes below. Logging in as user root in the > console window, starting X as root, then switching to user lfs in an xterm > (I'm using the basic twm window manager), results in the above error > message. Starting X as user lfs allows proper startup of firefox and > thunderbird. > > Which brings up another question: How do I set up the environments so that I > can start X with root, and everything will work with other users? > Why would you start X as root, except to test the first time ? Each user runs his or her preferred desktop. ĸen -- I live in a city. I know sparrows from starlings. After that everything is a duck as far as I'm concerned. -- Monstrous Regiment -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
