Subject: Re: XWindows in user mode; also, OpenLook
To: CTAPYXA <ctapyxa@ucsd.edu>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/12/1998 15:40:01
> Colin, I'm sorry. I figured it out myself. There was no problem at all.
> When I test new software I redirect stderr to the file for later check (and
> to not mess the screen 8-) ), so I confused one *errors file for another.
> The problem actually was that it couldn't find the library, so after I set
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH X loaded just fine. Then, another question arises: I can do
> setenv as root, but not as user. Is the only workaround - to edit .cshrc
> (as I did)?

A better thing to do is to add the X lib directory to /etc/ld.so.conf.
LD_LIBRARY_PATH is cleared whenever you run a set-uid or set-gid
program.

Take care,

Bill