Re: Can't Start KDE from Normal User; Only from Root
On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 10:31:22AM -0500, David R. Litwin wrote:
> When I try to log in to KDE using KDM through my normal user, the screen
> goes black, then returns to KDM. This is indicative of X having crashed,
> since I told KDM to re-appear if that should happen. Loging in through a
> consle tells me that /etc/X11/X is not executable. I checked: It is a
> symbolic link to /usr/bin/X11/Xorg. I tried to copy that file directly to
> /etc/X11 and then rename it X, but it said some thing about not being able
> to read it and some thing to do with a symbolic link. So, I'm assuming there
> needs to be one and that some thing has happened so that the root can access
> it but not a normal user.
>
> Perhaps I need to change the permission on it?
probably -- though I've no idea how that got changed in the first
place...
How about leaving the X link in /etc/X11 as it is and making sure the
permissions of the actual X server /usr/X11R6/bin/Xorg are 755? :)
(/usr/bin/X11 normally is another link to ../X11R6/bin, i.e. /usr/X11R6/bin/)
Almut
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