X Strike Force SVN commit: rev 368 - in trunk/debian: . local
Author: branden
Date: 2003-08-05 01:50:57 -0500 (Tue, 05 Aug 2003)
New Revision: 368
Modified:
trunk/debian/changelog
trunk/debian/local/FAQ
Log:
debian/local/FAQ: add new question by Colin Walters; "Why am I not able to
run "startx" as a non-root user?" (thanks, Colin!) (Closes: #149482)
set svn:keywords property to "Id" and add "$Id" expando
remove manually updated author and date indicator in favor of the above
update licensing; still GNU GPL v2, but released people from having to
abide by sections 2a and 2c
update format of Vim modeline
Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
==============================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog 2003-08-05 06:27:40 UTC (rev 367)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog 2003-08-05 06:50:57 UTC (rev 368)
@@ -120,8 +120,11 @@
saying "the Debian operating system" instead of "the Debian GNU/Linux
system", and so forth)
- -- Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> Tue, 5 Aug 2003 01:22:45 -0500
+ * debian/local/FAQ: add new question by Colin Walters; "Why am I not able to
+ run "startx" as a non-root user?" (thanks, Colin!) (Closes: #149482)
+ -- Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> Tue, 5 Aug 2003 01:47:16 -0500
+
xfree86 (4.2.1-9) unstable; urgency=high
* urgency due to xterm security fixes; see below
Modified: trunk/debian/local/FAQ
==============================================================================
--- trunk/debian/local/FAQ 2003-08-05 06:27:40 UTC (rev 367)
+++ trunk/debian/local/FAQ 2003-08-05 06:50:57 UTC (rev 368)
@@ -1,8 +1,35 @@
Debian X Window System Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) List
-Copyright 1998-2003 Branden Robinson. This document is licensed under the
-GNU General Public License, version 2 (see /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL).
+$Id$
+Copyright 1998--2003 Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
+
+This is free documentation; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as published by the Free
+Software Foundation; with the following modifications:
+
+ * The copyright holder releases all licensees from the requirements of
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+
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+
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By its nature, this document is not complete. If your question is not
answered here, try /usr/share/doc/<packagename>/README.Debian (and other files
in the package's doc directory), manual pages, and the debian-user mailing
@@ -73,6 +100,7 @@
terminal, in X it's all messed up. What's the matter?
*) Why do some programs give authorization errors even when they are
running as the same user and on the same machine as the X server?
+*) Why am I not able to run "startx" as a non-root user?
GENERAL QUESTIONS
@@ -1444,6 +1472,14 @@
I'm not sure how xdm handles ~/.Xauthority. Perhaps it does a better job.
-Branden Robinson, 10 March 2003
+*) Why am I not able to run "startx" as a non-root user?
-vim:ai:et:sts=2:sw=2:tw=78:
+ [This entry was written by Colin Walters <walters@debian.org>.]
+
+ In the Debian packages of XFree86, some important variables affecting the
+ startup of the X server are located in /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config. In this
+ particular case, you must change the option "allowed_users" to either
+ "console" or "anybody". See Xwrapper.config(5) for more information and
+ examples.
+
+vim:set ai et sts=2 sw=2 tw=78:
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