Hi Peter, Thanks for your great explanation. I went back to the beginning and re-installed using your notes and I got X running first time. I'm delighted not to have to hand-edit my Xf86config!
Thanks again, mark a. bell http://www.users.bigpond.com/m476396 --- Peter Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try (as root): > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common > > That'll rerun the debconf configuration on the xserver-common > package. > First it'll ask if you want debconf to manage the X server wrapper > configuration file. It's best to say yes here. > Then it'll ask which users have permission to run the X server. It's > probably currently set to Root Only. Changing it to Console Users > Only > does, well, exactly what it sounds like - lets you start X as a > regular > user, but only if you're logged in at a console. > The other settings can be left as their default values. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
