Re: X-server problem
Hi,
first of all thanks for help!
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 06:47:38PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> [CCing Andriy, (I'm guessing he is not subscribed)]
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> Andriy, if you are subscribed please let us know.
i am indeed subscribed to the list
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> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:26:53PM +0100, Andriy Samsonyuk wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > i am currenttly running debian 6.0 with 2.6.32-5-486 on CF-27 (toughbook)
> > 300MHz Pentium II with 128MB RAM.
> >
> > I dont need a desktop (gnome, kde, etc) but would like to have X-server running.
>
> Fine. You should consider using a window manager like fvwm though.
i intend to, but not fvwm, i prefer evilwm. But first i wanted to make sure
X is running.
>
> > X starts for root, but not for non-root user
> > user is in groups: users, tty, audio, video
> ^^^
> Weird, a normal user isn't in that group by default.
you are right, i put the user in the group (it did not helped) ;-)
>
> > /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config is set to
> > allowed_users=anybody
>
> Mmmm, mine is set to:
> allowed_users=console
this did not helped too ;-)
>
> > Every time i start X i get:
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory)
>
> I have:
> root@tal:~# ls -al /dev/tty0
> crw------- 1 root root 4, 0 Mar 14 16:04 /dev/tty0
>
> I'm guessing that your results will be different!
no its not
>
> > changing of the permissions of /dev/tty0 does not help.
>
> Right. ... Ok. ... My guess is that you couldn't get X to start, and so
> decided to have a "play" with things and see if you could fix it. Am I
> right or am I right? :)
you are surprisingly right ;-)
i am starting from scratch - reinstalled X + default configuration
>
> How are you starting X? We need to know the exact commands.
i have a xinit line in my .profile and exec /.../evilwm in .xinitrc
usual configuration, that always worked (at least at 5 different PCs)
and here i am getting
X: user not authorized to run the X server
and after playing around with files, permissions i got:
xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory)
>
> > I would appreciate any suggestions!
>
> First of all, Don't Panic! The good thing about Debian is, it is
> fixable.
i know, thats why i like it so much
>
> Can you remember the changes you have done?
mostly, aber i set everything to default configurations, just to
be sure
>
> What is the result of:
> apt-cache policy xorg
xorg:
Installed: 1:7.5+8+squeeze1
Candidate: 1:7.5+8+squeeze1
Version table:
*** 1:7.5+8+squeeze1 0
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main i386 packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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