Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:33:17 -0800 From: Clint Olsen <clint.olsen@gmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't start more than one gnome-session as the same user? Message-ID: <20071220093317.GA20354@0lsen.net> In-Reply-To: <20071220054842.GA1337@0lsen.net> References: <20071220054842.GA1337@0lsen.net>
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On Dec 19, Clint Olsen wrote: > I searched and found a lot of old hits of this error. The solutions are > not very compelling. Unsetting SESSION_MANAGER before launching > vncserver only cascades errors down into the various client programs like > the desktop etc. Answering my own question, the problem is that you really need to start with a fresh shell that isn't inherited from the existing windowing environment. So, logging in remotely and starting up vncserver works. While I wouldn't call this very elegant, at least it works. Thanks, -Clint
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