Re: AfterStep for two users?
Andrew Sullivan (asullivan@sprint.ca)
Tue, 4 Jan 2000 08:05:31 -0500
On Tue, Jan 04, 2000 at 09:28:16AM +0100, Iwant Afterstep wrote:
> I already have AfterStep 1.7* installed. It is installed for an
> "ordinary" user -- not for root.
I'm not sure I understand what you did. Did you just install AS according
to the usual procedures? If so, you don't need to "install" it again; you
just need to put in a call to afterstep in your .xinitrc or .xsession file.
> When I try to start Xwindows as this user I get a lot
> of error messages about ".Xauthority hostname lookup failure" and "timeout
> in locking authority file" -- but no Xwindows.
Hmm. Maybe try postng your ~/.xinitrc here.
> Since I can't reach any way to give commands I see no alternative at
> this stage but to use to power button to turn off the computer. This is
> less than completely satisfactory
_There's_ an understatement! Usually, by the way, you can recover from the
situation you're describing by hitting Ctl-Alt-backspace. Anyway, whet
you're getting there is X without a window manager (X just provides the
basic functionality of drawing windows, &c; the actual management of those
windows is left to the window manager. This is a bit of a pig, but it is
the reason that users get to have som much control over their desktops.)
A
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