What do you mean "when I try to get into..."? As root it's sort of impossible that you couldn't do 'less /etc/X11/XF86Config' or 'vi /etc/X11...'. You may be dealing with the limitation that many Xservers are configured to reject connections from the root user. If you need to run an X app as root, try 'export XAUTHORITY=/home/<user name>/.Xauthority' first, for example. The default configuration is that way for security reasons (but remember that it doesn't stop you from using any command line utilites from an X terminal as root--just programs that access X resources).
In order to help you set up X correctly we need to see your XF86Config and XF86free.0.log files in plain text format, as well as know what graphics card you are using. Jesse On Saturday 08 March 2003 23:51, Wilkinson wrote: > Why do I get the error message "Permission denied" when I try to get into > /etc/X11/XF86Config and /var/log/XFree86.0.log ? I tried as both a user > and root in virtual. > > Another problem is that I cannot run XWindows because of the monitor > configuration, without reinstalling the entire o/s, so I need to change > that. Can someone help with that, too? Thanks. > > James Wilkinson > Anchorage, AK _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
