After installing the hackkernel(2.3.99) I could not fire up my X-server. I
got the following message: Authentication Failed -- Cannot start X server
Perhaps you donot have console ownership?
Please any idea to get around this problem. I have been stucked.
Thanks a lot.
Essam Hammam.
On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>[Contrib-RPM]
>
>--=-=-=
>Name : hackkernel Distribution: Mandrake
>Version : 2.3.99pre4 Vendor: MandrakeSoft
>Release : 1.0mdk Build Date: Mon Apr 03 03:37:37 2000
>Install date: (not installed) Build Host: rum.normnet.org
>Group : System Environment/Kernel Source RPM: (none)
>Size : 16716199
>Packager : MandrakeSoft Updates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Summary : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system). DEVELOPMENT
>VERSION
>Description :
>The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of your
>Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the
>operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
>input and output, etc.
>
>WARNING: This is the CURRENT DEVELOPMENT VERSION of the Linux kernel. It has
>more hardware support (USB, etc.) and is probably faster than the normal
>kernel, but it is NOT STABLE. In the worst case, it can damage your
>installation, or even your hardware. [Experience shows that even development
>versions are usually more stable than Windoze NT though ;) ]
>
>If you don't know what you're doing, you should use this package only if you
>depend on the new features.
>
>--=-=-=
>
>* Mon Apr 03 2000 Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.3.99pre4-1.0mdk
>
>- 2.3.99-pre4-pre3 (includes several bugfixes, among other things)
>
>
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