Re: KDE here I come (can't fix Gnome problem)

["Michael D. Cencula" <mcencula columbus rr com>]

Got it!
It turns out there was a permissions problem somewhere in /dev.  I
reinstalled the /dev .rpm that came with my distribution and all is well.
Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael D. Cencula <mcencula@columbus.rr.com>
To: <gnome-list@gnome.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 1999 12:58 PM
Subject: KDE here I come (can't fix Gnome problem)


> I've been trying to fix this problem in gnome, but to no avail.  If it
> remains unsolvable, I'm gonna have to uninstall gnome and install KDE.  If
> anyone can help resolve this, I'd rather stick with gnome.  Here is the
> history of the problem.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> > James, thanks for the suggestion. I followed your instructions so an
ls -l
> > now gives:
> >
> > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 7652 Apr 13 19:13 gnome-pty-helper
> >
> > Unfortunately, this has had no effect. Any other ideas?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > > Is the gnome-pty-helper program setuid root? It is located in the
> > > $(prefix)/sbin directory. The permissions shown when you run look at
it
> > > with ls -l should be something like "-rwsr-xr-x" (note the s). If they
> > > are not, run the following as root:
> > > chown root.root $(prefix)/sbin/gnome-pty-helper
> > > chmod a=rx,u+ws $(prefix)/sbin/gnome-pty-helper
> > >
> > > (where you replace $(prefix) with whatever prefix you installed gnome
> > > under).
> > >
> > > James.
>
>
> > > On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Michael D. Cencula wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've recently installed Gnome on my RH 5.2 system running kernel
> 2.0.36.
> > > > When I run Gnome as root, and start a terminal, all is fine. When I
> run
> > > > Gnome as myself and start a terminal, the terminal doesn't show a
> > prompt.
> > > > Instead, it shows a block cursor in the upper left corner and does
not
> > > > accept keyboard input. How can I get my terminal windows to work
> > correctly?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Michael D. Cencula
> > > > junk1@cencula.penguinpowered.com
>
>
>
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