Dear X people, Is it the case that when you run startx in a standard Linux environment e.g. Red Hat 7.1 that gdm is fired up if you are running gnome?
When I run xwindow as root everything workd fine, but as a regular user I seem to run a proxy window manager and then I get a complaint from gnome that the window manager I am using or the version of X I have does not support gnome.... I tried to fire up the system by typiing in gdm at start up instead of startx but the system said "only root wants to run gdm". I found gdm in /usr/bin and I changed the ownership from root ro the user hoping that I could run gdm directly but it made no difference.... How can I fix the problem? All the best, Michael Fothergill >From: "Michael Fothergill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Newbie]proxy version of X as user..... >Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 20:19:26 +0000 > >Dear X men and women, > >I was kindly helped by Robyn Manning to solve a problem where X windows >kept >crashing due to a problem with xfs.... > >It now works again, but curiously it runs completely normally as root but >when I am user I get a derivative clunky and sort of second rate non >standard X windows which says "proxy version" or something like that when >it >fires up. Once the windows appear it then warns me it is a non standard >version and says words to the effect that this is a dumb idea.... I would >gladly like to revert it back to the standard Xwindows format just like it >is in root but I have no idea how it got like this in the first place and >it >absolutely doesn't tell you how to flip it back. > >This all happened after I installed a new disk. > >The OS seemed to take offense at this activity. I can generate output or >run diagnostics and post them up on the site if anyone requests it. > >Any suggestions? > >Another thing that happened at the same time is that lpd has died on me as >well. It won't fire up at boot. I run cups which is OK but when I submit >print jobs they don't get printed out. > >All because of a disk installation. > >Go figure. > >All the best, > >Michael Fothergill > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > >_______________________________________________ >Newbie mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
