Hi Marshal! On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:
> >>>>> "Maury" == Maury Merkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > [1] My user (i.e. not "root") does not have permission to start
> > X. I have no idea which file(s) is/are actually forbidden to me
> > and, before I start groping around and resetting permissions
> > helter skelter, I was wondering if anyone here might tell me the
> > canonical way to do this under Debian.
>
> This is a problem that seems to pop up randomly on various systems and
> I've never been able to figure it out except by reinstalling X. It's
> kinda odd...
hmm. Check your /etc/X11/Xserver file. It should look like this:
>>>
/usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA
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
<<<<
Note that line numbers 1 and 2 are hardcoded.
yours,
peter
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