Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 16:49:40 -0600 (MDT) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu> To: Lanny Baron <beef@cybertouch.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tkfont.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810051648210.7123-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981003161726.2214A-100000@beef.cybertouch.org>
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Hi, > Can someone tell me why as a non root user on my system when trying to > run tkfont it always comes back with this: > > beef@beef:~$ tkfont > Error in startup script: couldn't create error file for command: no such > file or directory > while executing > "exec xset fp rehash" > (procedure "Rehash" line 8) > invoked from within > "Rehash" > (file "/usr/local/bin/tkfont" line 361) > > I can only use it if I am root :-( This looks like a permissions problem on your font directories to me OR that you haven't made /tmp world writable. Check those and see if that clears things up. Brett ****************************************************************** Brett Taylor brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu http://peloton.physics.montana.edu/brett/ "There is something uncanny in the noiseless rush of the cyclist, as he comes into view, passes by, and disappears." - Popular Science, 1891 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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