Xfce4-dev Digest, Vol 10, Issue 48

Erik Harrison erikharrison at gmail.com
Wed Sep 22 22:17:12 CEST 2004


Can you get an xterm window open? If so, then run xfwm4, see what
happens. If it says that a WM is already running, then there may be
some cause for concern. If it doesn't give an error, but you still
don't have window decorations, there may be some prblems there.

-Erik


On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:45:17 +0200, Xavier Otazu <xotazu at cvc.uab.es> wrote:
> 
>         Hi!
> 
>  >>     I've compiled and installed, but non-root users do not have any
> windows
>  >> decoration (i.e. title, borders, etc). I cannot even write into an
>  >> xterm! Since root user has no problems, I supose it is permisions
> problem.
> 
>  >Your WM is not running
> 
>         I am not sure ... but ... WM is the xfwm4, isn't? Execution modes for
> this executable are correct for all users.
> 
>         Some concrete suggestion? (I don't know if your answer is some kind of
> thinking, or a definite solution. If it is a solution, I don't know how
> to run WM).
> 
> Xavier
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-Erik



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