German Guillot wrote:
I must be getting old - the X server itself has to have root permission to access the video hardware, so it will show as owned by root. But access is normaly limmited to the user that starts it. You can use xhost to let other users, or hosts, access the X server. But this command has to be run by the user that is in control of the X server.I'll check out xauth, though it seems a bit of overkill to have two X servers running, just for this little toy. It'll teach me something new, though.
I changed my run level to 3 and logged in again. I see that I own a process called xinit, but top shows me that X is run by root (and takes up 15% of my memory, which is why I'll try to make this work with xauth, but just for homework. Even if it works, it's too heavy a solution for such a small thing). Anyway, even with logging in from level 3 the stuff I've been trying doesnt work.
Lynx would work, I guess. I hadn't thought of that.
Thank you for taking so much interest. I feel a little overwhelmed ;)
Germ�n.
As you say, running two X servers is overkill for what you want. I am trying to remember something - there is a "dummy" X server package, or something like that, for faking an X server. It may be part of the VNC package... If I can remember enough to get a URL, or if I have time to go looking for it, I will post more. Your problem has gotten more then one person on the list thinking in a new direction. This is one of the reasions I am on the list!
Mikkel
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