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. -- Vadim Vygonets * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Unix admin The fish doesn't think, because the fish knows... everything. -- Arizona Dream -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .