--On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 6:32 pm +0100 "Christian Meder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Which kernel are you using ? >> >> The version of 2.1.125 you uploaded. > > Could you try again with 2.0.35 ? It looks like a kernel bug to me. Certainly. But I can't just now - the machine is busy. And, for me (and other SS2 users) using a 2.0 kernel is definitely not as good. I can't really build packages under 2.0, for example. > >> >> > >> > The only problem which I see on a 2.0.35 is that startx doesn't work as a >> > user (like you said above). I don't see any crashes. >> >> I can even tell you why that is. It's because you don't have permissions >> for /dev/fb* .Try running constype as a normal user, and then try as >> root. > > Was it possible with the old X packages to startx as normal user ? I honestly don't know. It was, at one point. But I've been using xdm for ages, so I hadn't tried. Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | Debian GNU/Linux - "Microsoft *does* have a year 2000 problem - | | and we're it!" (paraphrased from IRC) | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
