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Hey guys, I just reinstalled Arch on my custom PC today, and I came across the problem that whenever I login as my user, kindlehl, and launch xfce with
> # startxfce4
xfce always launches as root. Even the Desktop and Downloads directories are in /root. How can I fix this so it launches in my user, and the Desktop and Downloads directories are in /home/kindlehl?
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Do you lunch startx from root session?
What does it says if you type "echo $USER"?
Have you created a regular user?
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau
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haha, yeah. I was running Xfce as root, because I needed root permission to run it for some odd reason. So, I used the following line
> sudo chmod 777 /bin/startxfce4
and that resolved my issue! I guess I fixed it ;p
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Good you resolved the issue.
Please mark thread as SOLVED.
EDIT: i would also suggest to change permission to 755.
Last edited by Shark (2014-07-15 13:53:51)
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
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