Re: icewm doesn't work right as root

Jonathan Hooverman <[email protected]> Thu, 9 Feb 2012 22:39:44 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.window-managers.icewm.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello,

> Hi,
> 
> on a notebook icewm-1.3.7 doesn't work right, ONLY if started under 
> user root. I don't get the toolbar, the menus don't work and the 
> windows don't have any decoration.
> 
> Starting  icewm --replace  in one of the windows rectifies all.
> 
> For a non-root user it works just from the beginning.
> 
> I've even copied the .icewm folder from that non-root user to /root
> but it doesn't help.
> 
> Has anybody any idea what's going on?
> 
> Many thanks,
> Helmut.

that's strange. Did you install icewm from the repo of your distro? Which one are you using? Do you start icewm from a login manager?

Jon.
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