Hi... Perhaps you should try downgrading to an older version of the X servers/packages?
Alex On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 11:34:56 -0400 > From: Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Carlo U. Segre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Debian Users Mailing List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: problems with X in hamm > Resent-Date: 17 Jul 1998 15:35:39 -0000 > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > > "Carlo U. Segre" wrote: > > > I have been trying to install a new machine with the frozen hamm > > distribution and I am running into 2 problems with X11. > > > > 1. No user outside root is allowed to start X11. This may be a > > configuration issue but I know that this did not happen in Debian 1.3 > > > > 2. I use a S3 ViRGE video card and I am noticing that I have a corrupted > > text console screen when I exit X (running it as root, of course). This > > happens both when I am using the SVGA server and the S3V server. > > > > I am about to drop back to 1.3 out of frustration but wondered if these > > problems are just my incompetence... > > A similar problem was reported by Stephen Ryan in the debian-devel list. > If he figures it out perhaps he can help you. > -- > Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada > P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 > 6623'rd Linux user at the Linux Counter -- http://counter.li.org/ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
