Re: A couple of minor issues installing for Redhat

Hi;

on Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 01:56:47AM -0600, Jeff Smith wrote:
> I'm installing Matchbox as the window manager for my kids to use. I *LOVE* the simplicity of the resulting interface.
> 
> But now whenever I try to use any of the following window manager options, I get a "failed to get lock in /home/<username>/.Xauthority". The offending options (so far) are:
> -use-titlebar yes
> -use-desktop-mode decorated
> -use-dialog-mode free
> 
> Have I done something wrong in the compilation?
> 

No I dont think so. It looks like this is something up with the X
authentication in your xlib, but I must admit I've never seen that
error before and havn't a clue why them command line options would
trigger it. I dont think its a compilation problem. 

  -- Matthew