On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 17:16, Rik Tindall wrote: > Finally.. > > >>On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 12:21:10 +1200 > >> > >>Rik Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Then I'd be tackling why X only runs as root > > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > >-X always runs as root. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ps aux | grep X > >root 5682 3.7 3.8 50248 14868 ? S 13:33 0:45 /etc/X11/X > >-nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-bo6EWW vt7 > > > >It drops root privs as soon as it has got access to the hardware. > > > >Do you mean that you can only use it if logged in as 'root'? > > Yes, that is what I meant. User startx did fail each time. > > >If they are not there atm. add these lines to the end of the XF86Config > > file: > > > >Section "DRI" > > Mode 0666 > >EndSection > > Went to try this, but cannot run Gentoo now. Hdd amendment since install > has shifted it from hda6 to hda7 - I guess this would affect it > internally. Yes, you will need to change the boot-up arrangements.
> The reiserfs was unhappy before then anyway, & now it says > "Filesystem couldn't be fixed :( " Have you any idea what cause that? I had a reiserfs fall apart today when tha mains the the 'puter was cut off in error. A whole lot of system files in /sbin just vanished. I just replaced them from the LiveCD and everything seems to back to normal. > - looks like a reinstall before 27 > Oct (fun fun fun). Ext3 of course!! :-) Not necessarily so. Only if you want to sacrifice speed ( lots ) on the virtual altar of reliability. -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
