"William F. Dowling" wrote: > > Eric Richardson writes: > > amael wrote: > > > > > > okay, i just figured this out. [...] > > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The first line states the server name > > like XF86_SVGA. Please check this as you should not have to create a > > symlink. Your method circumvents the way it is suppose to work in > > Debian. > > Thanks for mentioneing this Eric. I was wondering what the message > amael reported was talking about : " ... rootonly ..."
I don't really know about this message - I'm pretty new as well. There is a debian-laptop list as well in case anyone is interested. > This is what > my /etc/X11/Xserver has, maybe useful for amael: > $ cat /etc/X11/Xserver > /etc/X11/X > Console > > The first line in this file is the full pathname of the default X server. > The second line shows who is allowed to run the X server: > RootOnly > Console (anyone whose controlling tty is on the console) > Anybody > > Will > > -- > William F. Dowling > ISI/Thomson Scientific (www.isinet.com) > 215-386-0100 x-1156
