well, i found the problem. i'm not surprised nobody suggested it, because it was so blazingly obvious... i changed the permissions on /tmp to 777, and it works fine. so now i guess what i want to know is, what are the default permissions on /tmp? i don't remember ever changing them.
-brad On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, Brad Bell wrote: > On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, W Paul Mills wrote: > > > I believe that /usr/X11R6/bin/X needs to be suid root. > > no, that wasn't the problem. note that there are no problems with any > other wm i've tried (fvwm/2/95, olvwm, twm) > > i should also note that X is killed when i start up afterstep. > > -brad > > > On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Brad Bell wrote: > > > > > hi, i am having some trouble (with permissions?) starting up afterstep. > > > if i start it as root, there are no problems. > > > if i start as a normal user, i get this: > > > > > > velcro# cat /home/brad/.xsession-errors > > > sh: /tmp/steprcXXXXX: Permission denied > > > Cannot open m4-processed config file > > > : No such file or directory > > > xterm: fatal IO error 2 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0" > > > > > > the /tmp/ thing is what throws me off. /tmp is empty before and after i > > > try to start afterstep. > > > my system is basically 1.3.0 > > > > > > can anyone advise me on what to look for? > > > > > > -brad > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill > > > > > > > > > -- > > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > > > > > > > > ---------------- http://www.sound.net/~wpmills/ ----------------- > > : W. Paul Mills : Bill, I was there several years ago. : > > : Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. : Why would I want to go back tomorrow? : > > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Where were you! : > > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ---------------------------------------- : > > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Linux: Tomorrow's operating system, : > > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : here, today. : > > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ---------------------------------------- : > > : compuserve 70023,1750 : #define MY_TRUE_LOVE computer : > > -------------- http://homepage.midusa.net/~wpmills/ ------------- > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
