RE: tlug: Xwrapper

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Jonathan Byrne--3Web wrote:

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 7ol : Craig Oda <craig@example.com>
> 6f : tlug@example.com <tlug@example.com>
> z : 1998N331z 0:46
> < : tlug: Xwrapper
> 
> 
> >Hi, I recently did an upgrade to TurboLinux1.4J and am getting
> >an error message about root access to the X server when I attempt
> 
> Yeah, this little "feature" happens to me, too.  I don't know what Xwrapper
> is either, but TurboLinux 1.0 didn't do this and I kind of wish 1.2/1.4J
> didn't, either (hint for any developers who might be reading this :-)   ).
> 
> >Also, I noticed a nice configuration utility at Scott's office.
> >Jonathan also mentioned it.  What is this utility called?
> 
> Xconfigurator.  Speaking of which, I put a new video card in my Linux box
> the other day (Diamond Viper 330.  Rocks.  Kind of a waste for someone who
> doesn't play games, maybe, but it's nice :-)   ).  I ran Xconfigurator,
> which interestingly failed to auto-detect the card, so I chose it manually
> from the list, set up my screen sizes and color depths, and told it I wanted
> it to start with a graphical log-in (i.e., bring up X automatically).  Well,
> it's not that I really want that (I don't), but it's the only workaround I
> know to logging in as root to start X if it's not automatic (the above
> Xwrapper problem).  But it's not starting X automatically even though I told
> it to, so I'm still stuck logging in as root to start X.   How can I fix
> this?

2 options:

1.  just run 'xdm' instead of 'startx'

2.  find the file that /etc/X11/X points to (in your case probably
/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA) and do:

chown root /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA
chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA

which is how 1.0 was doing it - can be a security problem, though, having
setuid crap lying around, but if it's just a workstation, it's probably no
big deal.

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


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