On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Harald Helfgott wrote:

> Hi!
> 
>       I have installed Linux from Debian 1.3.1/1.3.2 in a Cyrix200P-based
> system. XWindows runs smoothly from the root account, but it doesn't run
> at all from other accounts. In fact, even programs outside XWindows 
> that use graphics (such as gnuplot) will not run outside the root account.
> Gnuplot says that the terminal type is "unknown" (instead of "linux").

X will run from your account if you change the second line in
/etc/X11/Xserver to "Console".  Other graphics programs will run if
you make then setuid root.  But that might be a security hole.

Vadik.

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The fish doesn't think, because the fish knows...  everything.
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