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

Tet suo my_name_is_tetsuo at hotmail.com
Thu Jun 26 22:38:52 CEST 2003 

I use Slackware 9.0 with xfree86-4.3.0.

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 22:36:34 +0200
>
>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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>details.
> > 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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