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From: jackg@bony1.bony.com (Jacques M. Goldsmith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: AIX X-WIndows errata
Message-ID: <1991May28.171012.875@bony1.bony.com>
Date: 28 May 91 17:10:12 GMT
References: <1991May23.215744.2966@panix.uucp> <1991May24.135459.9876@panix.uucp>
Organization: The Bank of New York
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In article <1991May24.135459.9876@panix.uucp> eravin@panix.uucp (Ed Ravin) writes:
>In article <1991May23.215744.2966@panix.uucp> I wrote:
>
>>When I signed back on two things were different:
>
>>The font size for the title bars in all the X windows had been changed to
>>a smaller one.
>
>>I couldn't get the menu by clicking on the desktop anymore.  I also
>>couldn't get window menus by clicking on the top bar, only the upper left
>>corner widget would work.
>
>>Then I signed on as root and the windows worked as they did before...
>
>
>This smells like a protection problem, and I will be sniffing further.
>Advice to shorten my search is welcome.
>
>PS: cancel my previous inquiry about x-desktop, that much I figured out.
>-- 
>Ed Ravin            | I'm sorry, sir, but POSTAL REGULATIONS don't allow
>cmcl2!panix!eravin  | PLASTIC tape over PAPER tape and NYLON cord on an
>philabs!trintex!elr | 86 inch girth to LITHUANIA...
>+1 914 993 4737     |

do an 'xset q' when running as root and running as a lowly user ;-).
Pay special attention to the font path.  Make sure it's the same for
both users.  If they are, then you might indeed have a protection
problem.

        - Jack -



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