Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-09 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 01:50:01PM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Hi all :-) > > I tried again at home. "console" in the Xwrapper.config doesn't work from > init, but "anybody" does now. Maybe there was a type in it at work... That's because X servers started by init don't have a controlling tt

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-09 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 01:50:01PM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Hi all :-) > > I tried again at home. "console" in the Xwrapper.config doesn't work from > init, but "anybody" does now. Maybe there was a type in it at work... That's because X servers started by init don't have a controlling t

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-09 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Hi all :-) I tried again at home. "console" in the Xwrapper.config doesn't work from init, but "anybody" does now. Maybe there was a type in it at work... Thanks for your ideas, -Cajus

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-09 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Hi all :-) I tried again at home. "console" in the Xwrapper.config doesn't work from init, but "anybody" does now. Maybe there was a type in it at work... Thanks for your ideas, -Cajus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Karl Hammar
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Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Karl Hammar
70 511 97 84 Computers Sweden Consulting --- From: Joshua Shagam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: How to start X during bootup as user Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 09:51:07AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:33 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > > Ah, okay, that makes more sense. The shellscript is probably the easiest > > way in that case. Try starting up a getty using your shellscript instead > > of /bin/login; I

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 09:51:07AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:33 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > > Ah, okay, that makes more sense. The shellscript is probably the easiest > > way in that case. Try starting up a getty using your shellscript instead > > of /bin/login;

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:33 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > Ah, okay, that makes more sense. The shellscript is probably the easiest > way in that case. Try starting up a getty using your shellscript instead > of /bin/login; I believe you'd want to add '-l /path/to/the/shellscript' to > the end of

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 09:26:47AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:22 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > > On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:42:57AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > I'm trying to run X from an init script during boot up like this: > > > > > > #!/bin/

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:22 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:42:57AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I'm trying to run X from an init script during boot up like this: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > while true; do > > su - kiosk -c /usr/X11R6/bin/startx > > done > >

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:42:57AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Hi! > > I'm trying to run X from an init script during boot up like this: > > #!/bin/bash > while true; do > su - kiosk -c /usr/X11R6/bin/startx > done Why are you doing this? Why not run xdm? It's not THAT time-consuming to

How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Hi! I'm trying to run X from an init script during boot up like this: #!/bin/bash while true; do su - kiosk -c /usr/X11R6/bin/startx done Starting this manually as root works as expected. While booting I get: X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. var: allowed_users, value:

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:33 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > Ah, okay, that makes more sense. The shellscript is probably the easiest > way in that case. Try starting up a getty using your shellscript instead > of /bin/login; I believe you'd want to add '-l /path/to/the/shellscript' to > the end of

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 09:26:47AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:22 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > > On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:42:57AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > I'm trying to run X from an init script during boot up like this: > > > > > > #!/bin

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:22 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:42:57AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I'm trying to run X from an init script during boot up like this: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > while true; do > > su - kiosk -c /usr/X11R6/bin/startx > > done > >

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:42:57AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Hi! > > I'm trying to run X from an init script during boot up like this: > > #!/bin/bash > while true; do > su - kiosk -c /usr/X11R6/bin/startx > done Why are you doing this? Why not run xdm? It's not THAT time-consuming t

How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-07 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Hi! I'm trying to run X from an init script during boot up like this: #!/bin/bash while true; do su - kiosk -c /usr/X11R6/bin/startx done Starting this manually as root works as expected. While booting I get: X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. var: allowed_users, value