Re: [e-users] only root can start enlightenment

2003-06-25 Thread Andrew Elcock
Indeed you are correct but I was assuming the session manager as XDM or similar which is perfectly fine... Andrew On 25 Jun 2003 16:29:56 -0400 BAM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 14:57, Andrew Elcock wrote: > > do you not mean it will not like other window managers? > > It co

Re: [e-users] only root can start enlightenment

2003-06-25 Thread BAM
On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 14:57, Andrew Elcock wrote: > do you not mean it will not like other window managers? > It copes perfectly well with any session manager. Quoting from the E FAQ page 5 (GNOME Setup part 2): "Warning: Enlightenment is slower when run from a session manager. You should opt to

Re: [e-users] only root can start enlightenment

2003-06-25 Thread Andrew Elcock
do you not mean it will not like other window managers? It copes perfectly well with any session manager. Andy On 25 Jun 2003 14:40:40 -0400 BAM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 00:36, Paul Johnson wrote: > > All that stuff is wrong. > > > > Your .Xclients should none of this

Re: [e-users] only root can start enlightenment

2003-06-25 Thread BAM
On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 00:36, Paul Johnson wrote: > All that stuff is wrong. > > Your .Xclients should none of this if you are a Gnome user. > Just delete that whole file you are fiddling with, startX, and then let > the Gnome session management do what it needs to do for you. Kill the > existing

Re: [e-users] only root can start enlightenment

2003-06-24 Thread BAM
On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 23:32, glenn greenfield wrote: > I think I was oblivious to the fact that a window manager and a desktop environment > were not one and > the same thing. :) This example is for GNOME 2: exec gnome-settings-daemon & exec gconfd-1 & exec nautilus & exec gnome-panel & exec

Re: [e-users] only root can start enlightenment

2003-06-24 Thread glenn greenfield
Re: Check the ~/.xinitrc (or ~/.xsession or ~/.Xclients) for the user in Re: question. Make sure they don't start any other wms (stand alone or as Re: part of GNOME/KDE). If they do, comment out that line and put E in Re: instead. If E is working for root, look at root's .xinitrc and see if Re:

Re: [e-users] only root can start enlightenment

2003-06-24 Thread BAM
On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 19:16, glenn greenfield wrote: > Hi, > > I have managed to install enlightenment. When I entered 'enlightenment' into a > terminal it brings up a window- "Another Window > Manager is alrady running" and it has the option of editing user start up files. I > let enlightenm

[e-users] only root can start enlightenment

2003-06-24 Thread glenn greenfield
Hi, I have managed to install enlightenment. When I entered 'enlightenment' into a terminal it brings up a window- "Another Window Manager is alrady running" and it has the option of editing user start up files. I let enlightenment edit those files automatically which worked great for root b