On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 09:59:57AM +0000, Brian Stults wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 04:44:53PM -0500, Brian Stults wrote: > >>(WW) xf86ReadBIOS: Failed to open /dev/mem (Operation not permitted) > >> > >>Fatal server error: > >>xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root > >[...] > >>-rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 7476 Aug 29 11:30 X > >>-rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 1584152 Aug 29 11:30 XFree86 > > > > I wonder if you have /usr mounted with the nosuid option? What does > > 'mount' say? > > Yes, removing the options "user,exec" from fstab did it. Thanks so much! Oh, wow, I'd never have thought of that. Thanks, Colin! -- G. Branden Robinson | Intellectual property is neither Debian GNU/Linux | intellectual nor property. branden@debian.org | Discuss. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Linda Richman
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