Re: problems with X in hamm
I am not using hamm, but is the wrapper /usr/X11R6/bin/X suid root?
On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, 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
>
> 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...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carlo
>
>
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