Mark Hepburn wrote: > > I'm currently trying to set up X. I have a working XF86Config, however > when I type startx (or just 'X') I get the following message: > X: exec of /usr/bin/X11/XF86_FBDev failed > > I can start up fine by typing 'xinit /usr/bin/enlightenment -- > /usr/bin/X11/XF86_FBDev' as root, but cannot of course do the same as a > user or fakeroot. > > What am I doing wrong?
Have you edited /etc/X11/Xserver to allow users other than root to start the X server? > (one other thing; X seems to work fine with both 16 and 32 bpp; however > after shutting down under 16 the screen is filled with the following > message: mach64CreateGC: unsupported depth: 16. Using cfbCreateGC instead. > Can I do anything about this, or don't I need to?) Sounds harmless, as long as there is no real problem which could be related I'd say you can ignore it. Michel -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and The DRI Project
