Users unable to select their own window manager in X.

[modelt20 at canada.com]

Hello Kevin:

Thank you for your input. 

The permissions on fvwm2 are:
 -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  355452 Aug 26 10:13
/usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2*

It appears the fvwm2 has been upgraded; and its one (or
more) of the dependent files that is causing the issue.

Thanks.

>
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:45:18 -0500, Kevin Kinsey wrote:

> 
> modelt20 at canada.com wrote:
> 
> >Hello All:
> >
> >Last week, I did a CVSup on all ports, and then did a
> >portupgrade over the weekend. The portupgrade
completed
> >successfully, without significant errors.
> >
> >Now, normal users are no longer able to set their own
> >window manager (e.g. fvwm2) in X, but logging in as
> >root, I can. The user's .xinitrc file has not changed
> >recently, but when the user launches X, all they get
is
> >the grey hatched background with a black X for the
> >mouse pointer. No windows (clock, mail, task panel,
> >etc) appear. If I rename the user's .xinitrc file and
> >then start X, the standard 'xterm' window manager
> >loads. As root, the fvwm2 window manager loads fine.
It
> >appears the portupgrade changed a permissions setting
> >somewhere, but beings this ran over the weekend, I
> >don't know what setting got changed.
> >  
> >
> 
> What do the logs say?
> 
> In one line of thought, it sure sounds as if whatever
> wm they are calling isn't there any longer, or, more
> likely,
> encounters an error and hangs.  Obviously the X
> server is starting, and the wm isn't.  Again, logs or
> stderr (switch to ttyv0 and read console) might give a
> clue.
> 
> The "standard 'xterm' window manager" is twm, and
> is started in the abscence of the user's .xinitrc by
> (most likely) /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc.
> 
> And, it might be a permissions issue, but I can't tell
> by your description.  FWIW, here's the permissions
> on my fvwm2:
> 
> [587] Mon 29.Aug.2005 8:37:46
> [kadmin at archangel][/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit]
> # ll /usr/X11R*/bin/fvwm2
> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  355452 Jun 23 21:29
> /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2*
> 
> More likely, it's not permissions on this file itself,
> though,
> but some dependant object instead.....
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Kevin Kinsey
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