On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Rob Owens <row...@ptd.net> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 08:08:27AM -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 2:06 AM, Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > > > > > On 2015-01-17, Kevin O'Gorman <kogor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Can you launch X after logging in to the console? > > > >> > > > > > > > > I don't know how. > > > > > > > > > > startx > > > > > > > > > I did > > sudo startx > > Hmmm. This should be telling me something, but I don't know exactly > what. > > It does not come up, but the messages on the screen of the console > session > > end with > > > > Loading extension XINERAMA > > setversion 1.4 failed: Permission denied. > > You shouldn't need root permission to run startx. Running startx as a > user should just bring you into your default desktop environment. It > will not load the login manager (GDM, KDM, etc). > > -Rob >
with or without the sudo I get the same result: black screen. -- Kevin O'Gorman #define QUESTION ((bb) || (!bb)) /* Shakespeare */ Please consider the environment before printing this email.
