On Saturday 17 January 2015 13:38:10 Kevin O'Gorman did opine And Gene did reply: > On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Curt <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2015-01-17, Kevin O'Gorman <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> startx > > >> > > >> > > >> I did > > > > > > sudo startx > > > > I haven't been following your thread, but it is highly unrecommended > > to be root when you startx. > > > > <https://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > > > > I'm trying to learn here, so it would help if I knew why, or at least > got a link to such an unrecommendation.
Ok, consider that it touches lots of files, converting them to root:root owner;group. Now the user is hosed because he cannot configure, or even autoconfigure himself a working x install. It can be fixed, but its the equ of painting yourself into a corner with paint that takes 3 days to dry before it can be walked on. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
