Re: [SLUG] compiler warnings
It turns out that I am sending a const string to putenv which is defined: ./stdlib.h:extern int putenv (char *__string) __THROW; snip Should I raise this as a bug? It isn't actually a bug. putenv puts the supplied string into the environment (not a copy, the supplied string). This means a future call to getenv will return a pointer to it, (a char *), which can be modified to change the value. Thus to be correct putenv can't take a const, as it can't guarentee how the pointer will be used in future. Take a look at the man page for putenv, in particular the notes. As you can see from the description, the function has a rather interesting history in glibc ;-) Regards, nash [Too much C for my own good] -- Brett Nash [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Multiple Xsessions with Gnome 2
Hello, I've been having some weird problems with Gnome. I'm not sure if gdm is the culprit or something else is. I am currently useing gnome2.2 backported to debian 3.0. The problem is two people use my machine. We generally both like to keep an Xsession around, rather then continualy log each other of X. What the problem is we can't seem to start a second session of Gnome up. To reproduce: UserA: Uses startx to start an Xsession UserB: uses 'startx -- :1' to start an Xsession UserB's session will never start - it just hangs after it popups the gnoem spadh screen (no icons are shown). UserB can log in okay if UserA isn't logged in. Additionally if UserB starts first, UserA won't be able to start a session. To really make things strange - either user can create two sessions, without a problem. I'm curious if anyone has any idea what may be causing this? If not I'll try reporting a bug - although I'm not sure which component has the problem. Regards, nash -- Brett Nash [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Multiple Xsessions with Gnome 2
I've been having some weird problems with Gnome. I'm not sure if gdm is the culprit or something else is. I am currently useing gnome2.2 backported to debian 3.0. UserA: Uses startx to start an Xsession UserB: uses 'startx -- :1' to start an Xsession So, if you're using startx, you're not using GDM. :-) I would recommend turning on GDM, and using the flexiservers feature: In the System Tools menu, choose New login - it will create a new X server with a login dialogue, and lock the current X server. Well it has the same effect with gdm, (if userA logs in GDM it doesn't work) It's cool stuff. :-) That doesn't work either: - Clicking System Tools-New Login activates the screensaver on my current session and the monitor flickers like X restarted, but doesn't create a new login window. - System Tools-New Login in a nested window works fine. (Not sure what the problem is with the startx approach though - perhaps look at .xsession-errors or something to see the error logs.) Nothing looks bad - basically no errors in either .xession-errors, or XFree86.1.Log. Essentially it appears something is waiting for something else to startup - some sort of deadlock or something. nash -- Brett Nash [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Multiple Xsessions with Gnome 2
XFree86.1.Log. Essentially it appears something is waiting for something else to startup - some sort of deadlock or something. Are you trying to log on as the same user (it doesn't sound like it)? Perhaps check the date of the other XFree86.*.log files - .1 doesn't necessarily mean :1... If I start as the same user - no problem (however this is of limited use). The log file is the correct one. (It even tells me on stderr when I start X). Basically something in gnome-session doesn;t work. My best guess is that gnome-session is trying to do something with the display :0. This will work fine for the same user as the xauth file will be fine, but if it's a different user - no luck. I had the same problem before, and I assumed it was something screwed in my xfree setup (I'd had other strange problems with X previously), so I reinstalled debian, and am now getting the same problem. So either I've recreated the same weirdness, or its a weird pacakge problem. Regards, nash -- Brett Nash [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
