on Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 05:02:50PM -0700, Brad Rhodes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I just reinstalled Debian/GNU 2.2 (Potato) and even though I thought I told it > no when it asked if I wanted to install xdm, it installed it anyway. I removed > xdm (using dpkg) because I don't want to use it. Now when I type startx as a > normal user it responds: > > Fatal server error: > xf86OpenConsole: Server must be running with root permissions > You should be using Xwrapper to start the server or xdm. > We strongly advise against making the server SUID root! > > ... > > X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). > > I could not find anything containing the name Xwrapper on the HDD or > in dselect. On a previous installation, xdm was not installed and I > could start it as a normal user (bash: startx). How do I fix it?
See /etc/Xserver. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry!! Boycott Adobe!! Repeal the DMCA!! http://www.freedmitry.org
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