john smith wrote (on 26 Mar 00, at 23:27): > hello, > I am no longer able to log in x-windows (via xdm) on non-root account.. x > windows only allows root to log on. when trying to log on using non-root > account the screen flickers for a moment then returns back to the xdm login > prompt. has this something to do with permissions or something?
I had this symptom recently. Somehow my /dev/null permissions had got changed so that xrdb couldn't read from it except as root. chmod 666 /dev/null fixed it. Tony -- Tony Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Phone: +49-3341-30 99 99 -- Fax: +49-3341-30 99 98
