gdmXnest doesn't start

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sun, 2003-04-20 at 17:50, Adriel Cardenas G. wrote:
> El dom, 20 de 04 de 2003 a las 14:15, Joe Marcus Clarke escribió:
> > On Sun, 2003-04-20 at 12:58, Adriel Cardenas wrote:
> > > Every time i try to start gdmXnest or gdmXnestchooser, i get the following
> > > error
> > > 
> > > $ gdmXnestchooser
> > > DISPLAY=:20
> > >  
> > > ** (gdmXnestchooser:8835): WARNING **: Can't exec, trying Xnest
> > >  
> > > ** (gdmXnestchooser:8835): WARNING **: Can't exec that either, giving up
> > > 
> > > I have search trough google with no luck, and I have changed the DISPLAY
> > > value with some other values but no luck.
> > > 
> > > Has anyone seen this. I'll appreciate any comments/hints/urls/etc...
> > 
> > Have you installed x11-servers/XFree86-4-NestServer?
> > 
> > Joe
> 
> You were right! It's strange, I'd swear that I have installed it. Maybe
> when upgrading to XFree86-4.3.0 something happened.
> 
> Anyway thanks for the advice. Now I've tried it and it works fine, but
> every time after using it (gdm: Xnest Xnestchooser or themetester) I
> can't execute any other X app. I get a warning that It couldn't connect
> to the server, this disappear if i restart the GNOME Session.
> 
> Should my DISPLAY value be set to some specific value (the current value
> is :0.0) or it doesn't matter?

The way I use this feature of gdm is Applications->System Tools->New
login in a nested window.  After I select Quit, everything still works.

Joe

> 
> Thanks for your comments.
> 
> Adriel
> 
> 
> P.S. To everyone in the list: I'm sorry for this kind of Off-Topic mail.
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