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sudo mystery



On my laptop (Toshiba 4000CDT), I'm getting a segfault with display.
However, if I run display with sudo, it works. The really odd thing is
that if I'm root (either logging in as root or using su) I again get
segfaults.

Anyone able to explain this?

Anthony

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Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone)
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