xfce-mcs-manager won't start if I'm not root

Olivier Fourdan fourdan at xfce.org
Thu Jun 26 22:36:24 CEST 2003 

Carl,

Too bad, you use stripped binaries and there are no debugging symbols...
Anyway, I think I may have an idea for now.

You did not tell what platform and XFree version you run ?

Cheers,
Olivier.

On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 22:31, Tet suo wrote:
> Voila!
> 
> gdb /usr/local/bin/xfce-mcs-manager
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> This GDB was configured as "i386-slackware-linux"...
> (no debugging symbols found)...
> (gdb) run
> Starting program: /usr/local/bin/xfce-mcs-manager
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...[New Thread 
> 16384 (LWP 835)]
> 
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> [Switching to Thread 16384 (LWP 835)]
> 0x40a5e144 in _init () from 
> /usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/keyboard_plugin.so
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0x40a5e144 in _init ()
>    from /usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/keyboard_plugin.so
> #1  0x40a5ff09 in mcs_plugin_init ()
>    from /usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/keyboard_plugin.so
> #2  0x40a5fc3e in mcs_plugin_init ()
>    from /usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/keyboard_plugin.so
> #3  0x08049ca5 in mcs_plugin_check_version ()
> #4  0x08049dc6 in mcs_plugin_check_version ()
> #5  0x08049e39 in mcs_plugin_check_version ()
> #6  0x0804a0ad in mcs_plugin_check_version ()
> #7  0x0804a1ed in main ()
> #8  0x4056dbb4 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6
> (gdb)
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Carl
> 
> 
> >From: Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at xfce.org>
> >Reply-To: "XFce4 development mailing list." <xfce4-dev at xfce.org>
> >To: "XFce4 development mailing list." <xfce4-dev at xfce.org>
> >Subject: Re: xfce-mcs-manager won't start if I'm not root
> >Date: 26 Jun 2003 22:27:44 +0200
> >
> >Carl,
> >
> >Ok, interesting...
> >
> >Next test:
> >
> >run gdb /usr/bin/xfce-mcs-manager
> >(gdb) run
> >[...]
> >(bgd) bt
> >[...]
> >
> >and send us the whole output.
> >
> >PS: what platform + XFree version are you running ?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Olivier;
> >
> >On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 22:21, Tet suo wrote:
> > > OK, here it is:
> > >
> > > (gdb) bt
> > > #0  0x40a5e144 in _init ()
> > >    from /usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/keyboard_plugin.so
> > > #1  0x40a5ff09 in mcs_plugin_init ()
> > >    from /usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/keyboard_plugin.so
> > > #2  0x40a5fc3e in mcs_plugin_init ()
> > >    from /usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/keyboard_plugin.so
> > > #3  0x08049ca5 in mcs_plugin_check_version ()
> > > #4  0x08049dc6 in mcs_plugin_check_version ()
> > > #5  0x08049e39 in mcs_plugin_check_version ()
> > > #6  0x0804a0ad in mcs_plugin_check_version ()
> > > #7  0x0804a1ed in main ()
> > > #8  0x4056dbb4 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6
> > > (gdb)
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help.
> > >
> > > Bye
> > >
> > > Carl
> > >
> > > >From: Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at xfce.org>
> > > >Reply-To: "XFce4 development mailing list." <xfce4-dev at xfce.org>
> > > >To: "XFce4 development mailing list." <xfce4-dev at xfce.org>
> > > >Subject: Re: xfce-mcs-manager won't start if I'm not root
> > > >Date: 26 Jun 2003 22:08:19 +0200
> > > >
> > > >Well, we really need some backtrace...
> > > >
> > > >1) Make sure your system is configure to generate cores
> > > >
> > > >    ulimit -c unlimited
> > > >
> > > >2) Run xfce-mcs-manager till it crashes
> > > >3) run gdb like that:
> > > >
> > > >    gdb /usr/bin/xfce-mcs-manager -c core
> > > >
> > > >    Note: - xfce-mcs-manager might be installed somewhere else
> > > >          - Some linux system generate cores with the pid, like
> > > >            core.12345
> > > >
> > > >4) type "bt" and enter in gdb
> > > >5) Send us the output.
> > > >
> > > >Cheers,
> > > >Olivier.
> > > >
> > > >On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 22:01, Tet suo wrote:
> > > > > Just to be sure, I did this one more time :
> > > > >
> > > > > Get rid of $HOME/.xfce4 and run the standard startxfce4 script from 
> >a
> > > > > console.
> > > > >
> > > > > Still not working, the log says :
> > > > > ...
> > > > > /usr/local/etc/xfce4/xinitrc: line 33:   595 Erreur de segmentation
> > > > > xfce-mcs-manager
> > > > > ...
> > > > >
> > > > > Bye
> > > > >
> > > > > Carl
> > > > > >From: Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at xfce.org>
> > > > > >Reply-To: "XFce4 development mailing list." <xfce4-dev at xfce.org>
> > > > > >To: "XFce4 development mailing list." <xfce4-dev at xfce.org>
> > > > > >Subject: Re: xfce-mcs-manager won't start if I'm not root
> > > > > >Date: 26 Jun 2003 21:29:40 +0200
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Aren't you the one who copied the root .xfce4 to the user's dir ?
> > > > > >According to my archives, you got the right answers!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Get rid of $HOME/.xfce4 and run the standard startxfce4 script from 
> >a
> > > > > >console.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Cheers,
> > > > > >Olivier.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 15:25, Tet suo wrote:
> > > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I send this message to the xfce user list, and I didn't receive 
> >any
> > > > > > > good answer...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I installed Xfce4 and I like it a lot. When I'm root, it works
> > > > > > > perfectly. Whe I'm normal user, I can't get to the setting menu 
> >and
> > > > > > > the taskbar is working badly.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I figured out that xfce-mcs-manager wasn't running. I can't 
> >start it
> > > > > > > when I'm normal user, I get a segmentation fault. Also, if I do 
> >su +
> > > > > > > passwd in a term when I'm in xfce4 as a normal user, and if I 
> >type
> > > > > > > xfce-mcs-manager, I also get the error.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > In addition, I loose my keyboard layout when I startxfce4 as a
> > > >normal
> > > > > > > user. All these problems are not present when I startxfce4 as 
> >root.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Any idea?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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