On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Joey Hess wrote:
> I'm trying to set up a diskless client to run fvwm2. My fvwm2rc uses
> fvwmM4. I already have fvwm running on the server, and when I try to start
> it on the client, I get this error, and fvwm never comes up, I'm just
> stuck with the grey X screen:
>
> "exclusive open for tmp_name failed in m4_defs: Permission denied"
I have a similar problem with v1.24r using M4 on my linux workstation. It
works fine, except that the first person to log via XDM _after_ a root
login always gets the "system.fvwmrc" file. When I check /tmp, I find that
there's a fvwmrcM4xxx (or some such - not sure of the name) that is owned
by root.
Suspect that that M4 processing stuff isn't cleaning up after itself after
a session ends. Could be fixed by wiping /tmp after each session ends, I
suppose. I just live with it.
>
> If I run startx as root, I don't get the error, and fvwm comes up fine.
>
> Anyone know what could be causing this error?
>
> Maybe a bit of detail on how I have the diskless client set up might be in
> order. Both client and server are running linux. The diskless client
> mounts server:/ as it's root filesystem via nfs. I'm using a kernel patch
> called transname-patch that lets the client and server have different
> config files, even though they are both mounting the same filesystem as
> their root filesystem. (I won't go into the details here..)
>
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Received on Wed Jul 24 1996 - 14:09:34 BST