George R hat gesagt: // George R wrote: > Well, I managed to get X to run, but only as root. I've read manpages > and howto's until my eyes have crossed. > > When I try xdm as a user I get the message only root wants to run xdm.
> If I try startx I get a message unable to open consol. > > I've checked X, xdm, and startx all three are -rwxr-xr-x. I know I've > overlooked something small. After the bazzillionth time trying this I'm > half way there. Well, according to /usr/doc/X11/README.Debian "/etc/X11/Xserver has two important lines. The first line indicates which X server to run. The second line consists of one of the following words: RootOnly, Console, Anybody. RootOnly means that only root is allowed to run the X server. Console means that anybody who is logged in on the console is allowed to run the X server. Anybody means that anybody is allowed to run the X server." /etc/X11/Xserver would be the place to look. I think mine defaulted to console, but I have it automagicly start xdm, so I'm not sure... Steve -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null