Van Wyk Leroux, Mr wrote:
Hi there
I'm trying to run startx from the console after I logged in as a normal user.This
doesn't seem to work.I have already run XF86Config as root, and if I do startx from
root, X Windows starts up fine.Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Does a normal user use the same
On Sunday 23 March 2003 17:56, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > Is this so? If I type 'startx' as me (non-root) then X won't start
> > unless I go change some permissions? (presumably, having opened a
> > console window from the X login and gone su root to do so)
>
> If you're saying you can't start
on Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 09:12:13AM +1200, cr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Thursday 20 March 2003 00:55, Joerg Johannes wrote:
>
> (snips)
>
> > You're right. But still it is non-intuitive that a regular user has not
> > the rights to "startx" by default. man "XF86Config" and "man startx"
> > w
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 06:43:49AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 13:09:50 -0600,
> Gianfranco Berardi wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Unfortunately, people need to be told to RTFM everyday, because
> > everyday new people come and don't realize that they can RTFM.
> > Pointing peop
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 13:09:50 -0600,
Gianfranco Berardi wrote:
[...]
> Unfortunately, people need to be told to RTFM everyday, because
> everyday new people come and don't realize that they can RTFM.
> Pointing people to Google or to the source is a nice bit of
> convenience. How many people grew
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 10:42:27AM -0800, Wendell Cochran wrote:
[snip]
Awww, c'mon. If you're going rant about list etiquette, don't break the
thread. :-)
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On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 02:00:00AM -0600, Gianfranco Berardi wrote:
> Again, it isn't an excuse, but especially on mailing lists, protocol and
> guidelines for posting aren't usually read by people who want to ask for
> help on something.
This is so
On Thursday 20 March 2003 00:55, Joerg Johannes wrote:
(snips)
> You're right. But still it is non-intuitive that a regular user has not
> the rights to "startx" by default. man "XF86Config" and "man startx"
> won't tell you how to allow it to a normal user.
Is this so? If I type 'startx' as m
Paul Johnson wrote:
There's a couple false assumptions here: User lists aren't generally
comprised of personal friends, but rather loose collectives of people
who, for the most part, aren't more than long-distance acquaintences.
Second, spoken language is vastly different from written language.
You
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On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 01:09:50PM -0600, Gianfranco Berardi wrote:
> Of course, if a person is a newbie and needs help, they probably aren't
> used to the protocol for asking for help.
Yes, I do remember my newbie days. However, after the fourth or
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On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 10:42:27AM -0800, Wendell Cochran wrote:
> I receive way more e-mail than I have time for. So far my filters
> are only mental, but configuration of grey cells definitely flags
> `newbie', `please help', & any vacuity like `Str
Wendell Cochran wrote:
I receive way more e-mail than I have time for. So far my filters
are only mental, but configuration of grey cells definitely flags
`newbie', `please help', & any vacuity like `Strange Problem with
Debian' -- & I skip on to prospects more promising.
Oh, you say I'm missing s
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 07:09:53 -0800
From: Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 01:55:12PM +0100, Joerg Johannes wrote:
[snip]
>> Some of those "please help" mails are very interesting, and occasionally
> those guys really need help.
[snip]
> If the writer can't be bothered
Paul Johnson said:
> Am I wrong in presuming that it's safe to assume people on this list have
> at least a third grade education, or is that way too much to ask?
ooga booga!!
nate
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On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 01:55:12PM +0100, Joerg Johannes wrote:
> Did we have a bad night? I'm not used to hear such ranting from you...
Kind of. Part of it is d-u inspired, I'm seeing a lot more persistent
ignorance than normal tonight. It didn't h
Hi Paul
Did we have a bad night? I'm not used to hear such ranting from you...
Paul Johnson wrote:
Bad newbie!
How can you judge! You don't even know him!
1) You just asked the *SAME* question (or at least the same subject)
30 minutes ago. Do you honestly expect an answer at 4AM on a
week
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On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 12:56:52PM +0200, Van Wyk Leroux, Mr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to run startx from the console after I logged in as a normal user.This
> doesn't seem to work.I have already run XF86Config as root, and if I do start
Hi there
I'm trying to run startx from the console after I logged in as a normal user.This
doesn't seem to work.I have already run XF86Config as root, and if I do startx from
root, X Windows starts up fine.Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Does a normal user use the same XF86Config file as root?
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