Re: user not authorized to run X, strange variant

[Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>]

sena wrote:
> 
> On 12/12/2000 at 09:33 -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
> >   and how come Xwrapper.config is not found by dpg -S Xwrapper.config?
> > Is there any documentation for it?
> >
> On the latest woody upgrade, a window (console-based :)) shows up saying
> that /etc/X11/Xserver is no longer used. That /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
> should be used instead...
> 
> As for the file not appearing in any package, my guess goes to the file
> being created by the installation scripts.. But I really don't know...
> 
> >   I mean what's the point of having these options when basically only
> > 'anybody' is usable? I mean you dont' want to run X as root, that does
> > not make sense and if you run X most of the time (fairly common,
> > probably most common situation for machines whe X is installed) then it
> > makes sense to use xdm (or other *dm).
> >
> I have "console" on my machine... Yes, I start X with startx.
> 
> And there must exist some machines used as servers where root is the only
> one who should be able to run X (because of administration tools - even if I
> don't use any X-based).
> 
> So, console and rootonly are usable. "anybody" goes for the rest of the
> situations...

  my point was that these options do not help in what I think is by far
most common situation. then again, I have no lies neither statistics to
support this:-)

  I mean the most common situations should be solved first, then special
cases. maybe I'm missing something but I can't find any docs on this...

	erik