Re: problems with X in hamm
On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 04:16:08PM -0500, Carlo U. Segre wrote:
>
> I have been trying to install a new machine with the frozen hamm
> distribution and I am running into 2 problems with X11.
>
> 1. No user outside root is allowed to start X11. This may be a
> configuration issue but I know that this did not happen in Debian 1.3
Take a look at the config and Xserver files in /etc/X11. There are some
short instructions there on how to edit these files to your liking.
I dont think the installation scripts would have overwritten these files
unless you answered Y to the configuration file question for the applicable
packages.
>
> 2. I use a S3 ViRGE video card and I am noticing that I have a corrupted
> text console screen when I exit X (running it as root, of course). This
> happens both when I am using the SVGA server and the S3V server.
>
> I am about to drop back to 1.3 out of frustration but wondered if these
> problems are just my incompetence...
>
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