> > > >why are you doing this in runlevel 1? (single-user mode). >you don't need to be root to do this; indeed you *shouldn't* be root to do >this. do the 'make World' part as an ordinary user, in that user's home >directory; and then su when you need to do the 'make install'. > >Carl Soderstrom > I was doing it in singler user mode cause I thought X should not be running. I could have used level 3, but thought 1 would be better. I have already installed the xc directory in roots home directory. Is this bad. Is this why it is locking up? I understand your directions if I had downloaded the xc directory as another user, but what about as root?
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