> > Also, I wasn't able to run X as a non-root users until I ran > > "chmod 666 /dev/fb?" as root as well, and you may have to do > > the same. Took me a while to figure this one out, along > > with the fact that strace would segfault when I'd try to run > > "strace startx" either as myself or root. > > MAKEDEV isn't work well... > > You must make also /dev/fb[01]autodetect and > /dev/fd[01]user[0-7]. And set right permission.
Hmm... I see no mention of them in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt, and even then my devices seem to be correct: [2:43am] sparcy:~> ls -l /dev/f* crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 0 Feb 20 15:36 /dev/fb0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 32 Feb 20 15:36 /dev/fb1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 64 Feb 20 15:36 /dev/fb2 crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 96 Feb 20 15:36 /dev/fb3 crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 128 Feb 20 15:36 /dev/fb4 crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 160 Feb 20 15:36 /dev/fb5 crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 192 Feb 20 15:36 /dev/fb6 crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 224 Feb 20 15:36 /dev/fb7 brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 Feb 20 15:21 /dev/fd0 brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 1 Feb 20 15:21 /dev/fd1 crw--w--w- 1 root root 1, 7 Feb 20 15:21 /dev/full This is after I ran "chmod 666 /dev/fd?" of course... and /dev/fb7 is listed to be minor 240 even though 224 looks right to me. Whatever, not like I'm gonna touch it. :) I did nothing else special (besides the link to /dev/mouse). Don't know what to say other than "it worked for me". I'm new to Debian and new to Linux on a Sparc (but not new to Linux or Sparcs), and figured I'd share what worked for me... ... good luck... :)