On Fri, 15 May 1998, Joseph Martin wrote:
> from the command line without changing runlevels. If anyone has any clue
> why the window manager will start as root, but not as a regular user
> please let me know.

The contents of the file /etc/X11/Xserver (Debian Dist).

Mine has
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/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3
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
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Gerard MacNeil, P. Eng                          [EMAIL PROTECTED]
System Administrator
Supercity Internet Services                     http://www.supercity.ns.ca


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