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Re: startx as a normal user



Gianfranco Berardi <linuxmail@gbgames.com> writes:
>                         I type

> $ startx
>
> and I get a message about setting a nice value to 0 instead of -10 as
> requested.

     Run top and look at the NI column for XFree86.  I think it will
show -10.  I always get that message, but whenever I check with top, I
find it is running -10.

>Other than that, I don't know if it is considered
> "wrong" to simply startx as a user.

     That is the only correct way to run startx.  Running X as root is
deprecated. 

Regards,

Bob
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