Kent West wrote: > I'd manually look in /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config to make sure it's right; > sometimes the dpkg-reconfigure routine doesn't "take". The three legal > options for that line, according to "man Xwrapper.config", are > "rootonly", "console", and "anybody". For most situations, you'd want > "console".
Did so; returns "allowed_users=console" and "nice_value=-10". > What is the output of "ls -lh /etc/X11/X"? >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/westk:> ls -lh /etc/X11/X >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2006-04-28 12:11 /etc/X11/X -> /usr/bin/Xorg > > (Yours will likely be slightly different.) Mine is exactly the same as yours, except for the date. > Then, what is the output of "ls -lh /usr/bin/Xorg"? > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/westk:> ls -lh /usr/bin/Xorg >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1.6M 2007-02-03 17:30 /usr/bin/Xorg Again, exactly the same as yours, except for the date. > >> You will recall however that the sudden inability to run >> the xserver occurred on my Sarge desktop the same day (Feb 7) as it >> occurred on my laptop. So I will keep on this thread that particular >> problem for both computers. >> >> Sarge of course does not have X-common; so I ran dpkg-reconfigure >> xfree86, which returned: >> >> System startup links for /etc/init.d/xfree86-common already exist. >> Setting up X server socket directory /tmp/.X11-unix...done. >> Setting up ICE socket directory /tmp/.ICE-unix...done. >> > > This brings to recollection a vague memory; seems like a year or two ago > there was a problem with permissions in one or more of the Debian > branches. What do these files look like? >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/westk:> ls -lha /tmp >> <snips> >> drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 1.0K 2007-02-08 10:22 .ICE-unix >> drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 1.0K 2007-02-08 10:21 .X11-unix On the Laptop with Etch, once again the same, except for the dates. Mine are dated today. > Also, what do the perms on your /tmp directory look like? >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/westk:> ls -lhd /tmp >> drwxrwxrwt 14 root root 4.0K 2007-02-13 17:18 /tmp On the laptop, the same, except for the time and the number following the perms is 5 instead of 14. Regards, Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]