also Xfree86 doesn't run properly .. . it will as root but as any other user X starts as if no window manager is set . . and typing startx -exec fvwm2 will bring up the correct gui but there is no command prompt in the xterm . . . freaky eh??
Corey A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nsbe.engr.ccny.cuny.edu/~corey PGP Key fingerprint = 17 C4 DA BE 8B 6D 5A AF 28 A8 78 5F BA EA 9A 5F On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, * ESGER * wrote: > On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Corey Allert wrote: > > > sorry about this . . . but I feel it is relatively important > > I can send mail in pine as root . . so it must be a permission problem > > right???? but where > > > > I had a similar problem with pine on the departemental machine, our > general login for the lab gave segmentation fault and a core dump, my > personal login was ok. > > Reason was that someone accidently dumped a proteine sequence in the > config file of pine and pine chocked on that. > > Perhaps something is wrong with the config file .pinerc, the hint I got > was it's date, that was too recent to be a coincidence > > > > ciao, > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Geert "Esger" Raes tel.: (+32) 820 26 66 > Centrum Medische Genetica fax.: (+32) 820 25 66 > Universiteit Antwerpen UIA E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Universiteitsplein 1 WWW: http://bioc-www.uia.ac.be/u/esger > 2610 Wilrijk > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > E-music on the Net : http://bioc-www.uia.ac.be/u/esger/emusic > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > People talking about the environment ought to read "The Sheep Look Up" by > John Brunner, then they'll know what pollution is. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]