On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 02:43:25 -0800, Scarletdown wrote: > I finally fixed my XF86 problems at last. It seems > that all I had to > do to stop both the flickering and the crashing is > lower the default > resolution and color depth. Previously, I was running > 1024x768 24- > Bit color. Changing to 800x600 16-Bit color seems to > have done the > trick. It's kind of a bummer not being able to use > the higher > settings (since a 4MB S3 Virge should be able to > handle it just > fine), but it is worth the trade-off, and both the > GNOME and KDE > desktops look really nice now. Perhaps one of these > days I will > score a cheap used 8MB PCI video card at one of the > thrift stores, > then I can give the higher resolutions another go. > > I also managed to get GDM configured and customized to > my tastes, and > I went ahead and set it up so I could log in directly > as root if I > feel like it. I know that that is a security > vulnerability, but this > is my experimentation platform. And when and if I do > start setting > up Debian systems for other people, I will of course > configure them > so that they can only operate as root by logging in > normally and then > using su to become root. Heck, I'll be doing that for > my primary > workstation as well. > > So much to still tweak now, it's hard to fecide what > to work on next. > Actually, I think the next thing I will do is get my > Samba > configuration file properly set up. She is visible on > the LAN > already, but I still need to define some shares, and > also set her up > so she automatically mounts shared folders on the > LAN's other three > systems (currently Windows-98 all of them) at boot > time. > > After that, I think it will be time to optimize her by > deactivating > services she doesn't need to have running, > uninstalling extraneous > packages, and installing packages I may have missed > initially. > > Other plans for this system will include possibly > trying to compile > the 2.4.22 kernel and then giving SE Linux a try (that > is Security > Enhanced Linux, freely available from the NSA) > > http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/index.html > > Anyway, it's been a good evening, Linuxwise this time > around. Now I > can go to bed with the feeling that I have gained some > major > experience points. :) > >
You have a fair chance of gaining some unexpected experience points by logging into X as root, unless you are unplugging all external network devices first. Not allowing root access to X is pretty much at the top of my "never, ever do this under any circumstances" list. There are several ways in which you can get hurt, none of which I wish to advertise in an open forum. -- ....................paul "The average lifespan of a Web page today is 100 days. This is no way to run a culture." Internet Archive Board Chairman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
