Display Catch-22

[Thomas H. George]

My Belkin UPS probably saved my computer from the power surge but its 
internal programming is probably fried.  I reinstalled the software from 
the Linux tarball changing all the ownerships to root:tom and all the 
permissions to 770.  This allows me to display the monitor but I cannot 
change the setup.  When I originally installed the UPS I did all this as 
root and was able to change the setup.  This is no longer possible as 
security changes do not allow me to open a display as root.

The only thing to change is the com port which I was certain I had right 
in the first place.  To be sure I uninstalled the programs and 
reinstalled them changing from /dev/ttyS0 to /dev/ttyS1.  Neither works 
though /dev/ttyS0 retrieved some information but in either case the 
installed software generates periodic messages that the UPS device is 
unreachable.  This is what makes me believe the UPS internal software is 
fried.

Before replacing it I would like to be sure that the display problem is 
resolved. I have searched the X11, xdm and icewm setup files trying to 
remove the restriction preventing opening a display as root.  My plan 
would be to take the computer offline (The connection is wireless so 
ifdown wlan0 does this) during the time the root prohibition is overwridden.

Any suggestions?
Tom George
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