Re: Auth problem while running X DRI trunk thru startx.
Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org> writes:
> On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 11:45, Adam Hewitt wrote:
>> Or if this is the problem, does anyone know how to get around this with
>> gdm?
>
> Simply by using it. :)
>
> The X server doesn't crash for you, BTW.
>
>
>> On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 17:38, Mathieu Segaud wrote:
>> > Adam Hewitt posted earlier on this list about problems to run latest
>> > dri X packages with a fresh 2.4.22-ben2 kernel.
>> > He can log as root into X with startx but not as any unprivileged
>> > user:
>> > so my question is :)
>> > is this related to XdmAuth missing and is there a hack like the one
>> > with xdm ?
>
> No, because as the name suggests, XdmAuth is related to xdm and other
> display managers and not involved with startx.
>
> Maybe it's just a matter of dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common ?
oh yeah, the question about who's authorized to run the X server ? :)
Maybe but the fact is that with his previous kernel, he could log into
X. But true, he can use gdm, if it does not need any hack ;)
Thanks a lot.
Mathieu Segaud
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