Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-13 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
>> Gordon Sadler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However, my issue is not HOW to fix it, but rather after fixing it > it does not stay fixed. Every upgrade requires me to again dpkg- > reconfigure xserver-common. That was the thought behind my bug, maybe > Branden doesn't quite realize what I me

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
>> Gordon Sadler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However, my issue is not HOW to fix it, but rather after fixing it > it does not stay fixed. Every upgrade requires me to again dpkg- > reconfigure xserver-common. That was the thought behind my bug, maybe > Branden doesn't quite realize what I m

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 06:21:17PM -0800, Seth Arnold wrote: > * Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001212 18:18]: > > > That's dpkg-reconfigure, actually... > > > > "dpkg-reconfigure xfree86-common" doesn't seem to do anything for me. It > > runs, exits, and Xwrapper.config is exactly the same as

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Gordon Sadler
Actually, I even filed a bug on this. I did the investigation and found the answer myself, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common... However, my issue is not HOW to fix it, but rather after fixing it it does not stay fixed. Every upgrade requires me to again dpkg- reconfigure xserver-common. That was the

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Seth Arnold
* Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001212 18:18]: > > That's dpkg-reconfigure, actually... > > "dpkg-reconfigure xfree86-common" doesn't seem to do anything for me. It > runs, exits, and Xwrapper.config is exactly the same as it was before. This would probably mean you set your debconf severity

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 04:20:30PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 12:47:29PM -0700, Joshua Shagam wrote: > > > > When I had these problems (I wasn't paying attention when it came up the > > first time) it took me a while to find the exact thread which answers it. > > You

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 06:21:17PM -0800, Seth Arnold wrote: > * Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001212 18:18]: > > > That's dpkg-reconfigure, actually... > > > > "dpkg-reconfigure xfree86-common" doesn't seem to do anything for me. It > > runs, exits, and Xwrapper.config is exactly the same a

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Gordon Sadler
Actually, I even filed a bug on this. I did the investigation and found the answer myself, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common... However, my issue is not HOW to fix it, but rather after fixing it it does not stay fixed. Every upgrade requires me to again dpkg- reconfigure xserver-common. That was th

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Seth Arnold
* Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001212 18:18]: > > That's dpkg-reconfigure, actually... > > "dpkg-reconfigure xfree86-common" doesn't seem to do anything for me. It > runs, exits, and Xwrapper.config is exactly the same as it was before. This would probably mean you set your debconf severit

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 04:20:30PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 12:47:29PM -0700, Joshua Shagam wrote: > > > > When I had these problems (I wasn't paying attention when it came up the > > first time) it took me a while to find the exact thread which answers it. > > Yo

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 04:20:30PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 12:47:29PM -0700, Joshua Shagam wrote: > > > Actually, I read the archives about a week ago when this first popped up, > > > and > > > didn't find the answer. > > > > When I had these problems (I wasn't p

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 11:45:10AM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote: > From: Joshua Shagam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hey Bruce, are you really such a newbie that you can't read the list > > archives? ;) > > Well, you read the archives with a web browser, and my web browser happens > to run under the x serv

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 12:47:29PM -0700, Joshua Shagam wrote: > > Actually, I read the archives about a week ago when this first popped up, > > and > > didn't find the answer. > > When I had these problems (I wasn't paying attention when it came up the > first time) it took me a while to find th

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 04:20:30PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 12:47:29PM -0700, Joshua Shagam wrote: > > > Actually, I read the archives about a week ago when this first popped up, and > > > didn't find the answer. > > > > When I had these problems (I wasn't paying

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 11:45:10AM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote: > From: Joshua Shagam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hey Bruce, are you really such a newbie that you can't read the list > > archives? ;) > > Well, you read the archives with a web browser, and my web browser happens > to run under the x ser

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 11:45:10AM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote: > From: Joshua Shagam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hey Bruce, are you really such a newbie that you can't read the list > > archives? ;) > > Well, you read the archives with a web browser, and my web browser happens > to run under the x serv

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Bruce Perens
From: Joshua Shagam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hey Bruce, are you really such a newbie that you can't read the list > archives? ;) Well, you read the archives with a web browser, and my web browser happens to run under the x server that I'm not authorized to run right now. You want me to use LYNX E

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 12:47:29PM -0700, Joshua Shagam wrote: > > Actually, I read the archives about a week ago when this first popped up, and > > didn't find the answer. > > When I had these problems (I wasn't paying attention when it came up the > first time) it took me a while to find the ex

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Joshua Shagam
> I am seeing "user not authorized to run the X server" from xinit using the new > Progeny X packages. I've tried editing Xsession so that anybody can start the > server, and that doesn't help. Any clues? Hey Bruce, are you really such a newbie that you can't read the list archives? ;) -- Joshua

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 11:45:10AM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote: > From: Joshua Shagam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hey Bruce, are you really such a newbie that you can't read the list > > archives? ;) > > Well, you read the archives with a web browser, and my web browser happens > to run under the x ser

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Bruce Perens
From: Joshua Shagam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hey Bruce, are you really such a newbie that you can't read the list > archives? ;) Well, you read the archives with a web browser, and my web browser happens to run under the x server that I'm not authorized to run right now. You want me to use LYNX

Re: [bruce@perens.com: user not authorized to run the X server]

2000-12-12 Thread Joshua Shagam
> I am seeing "user not authorized to run the X server" from xinit using the new > Progeny X packages. I've tried editing Xsession so that anybody can start the > server, and that doesn't help. Any clues? Hey Bruce, are you really such a newbie that you can't read the list archives? ;) -- Joshu