Re: The time has come ...
--On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 6:32 pm +0100 "Christian Meder"
<meder@isr.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>> > Which kernel are you using ?
>>
>> The version of 2.1.125 you uploaded.
>
> Could you try again with 2.0.35 ? It looks like a kernel bug to me.
Certainly. But I can't just now - the machine is busy.
And, for me (and other SS2 users) using a 2.0 kernel is definitely not as
good. I can't really build packages under 2.0, for example.
>
>>
>> >
>> > The only problem which I see on a 2.0.35 is that startx doesn't work as
a
>> > user (like you said above). I don't see any crashes.
>>
>> I can even tell you why that is. It's because you don't have permissions
>> for /dev/fb* .Try running constype as a normal user, and then try as
>> root.
>
> Was it possible with the old X packages to startx as normal user ?
I honestly don't know. It was, at one point. But I've been using xdm for
ages, so I hadn't tried.
Jules
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