Thomas H. George wrote: > My Belkin UPS probably saved my computer from the power surge but its > internal programming is probably fried. I reinstalled the software from > the Linux tarball changing all the ownerships to root:tom and all the > permissions to 770. Please be specific. What software did you reinstall? Did you reinstall Debian? > This allows me to display the monitor but I cannot > change the setup. When I originally installed the UPS I did all this as > root and was able to change the setup. This is no longer possible as > security changes do not allow me to open a display as root. What software are you talking about here? Belkin UPS monitoring software? From Debian or from elsewhere? > The only thing to change is the com port which I was certain I had right > in the first place. To be sure I uninstalled the programs and > reinstalled them changing from /dev/ttyS0 to /dev/ttyS1. Neither works > though /dev/ttyS0 retrieved some information but in either case the > installed software generates periodic messages that the UPS device is > unreachable. This is what makes me believe the UPS internal software is > fried. > > Before replacing it I would like to be sure that the display problem is > resolved. I have searched the X11, xdm and icewm setup files trying to > remove the restriction preventing opening a display as root. My plan > would be to take the computer offline (The connection is wireless so > ifdown wlan0 does this) during the time the root prohibition is overwridden. I usually use 'ssh -l root -X localhost' to log into the machine as root and tunnel the display back. But other suggest other options. > Any suggestions? Please spend some time reading the following: http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Bob
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