Re: [Siglinux] X crashes

2002-02-05 Thread Eric Irrgang
How do you invoke X? The X server needs to run as a user who owns the console, so either xdm (or equivalent) is running as root or the startx chain of scripts has a setuid script in it to change the ownership of the console to the user trying to start the X server. Your scripts might be broken.

Re: [Siglinux] X crashes

2002-02-05 Thread Paul Sack
Today at 3:15pm, Ricardo Lopez expounded: ++ I have an interesting problem, with very few details. ++ When I try to start x in my debian system, the screen flickers and x ++ crashes, citing an error in loading an XKB module. However, this only ++ happens when I am logged in as a user as oppo

[Siglinux] X crashes

2002-02-05 Thread Ricardo Lopez
I have an interesting problem, with very few details. When I try to start x in my debian system, the screen flickers and x crashes, citing an error in loading an XKB module. However, this only happens when I am logged in as a user as opposed to root. root starts up x just fine. Do anyof you

Re: [Siglinux] Kernel Upgrade

2002-02-05 Thread Tom Brown
On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 11:01:22AM -0600, Joseph Reisinger wrote: > > Where can I get information on upgrading my Kernal? I am using Debian > > linux. > > There is a kernel howto at http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html > > Its pretty well done, covers the basics. You need to have some

Re: [Siglinux] Kernel Upgrade

2002-02-05 Thread Joseph Reisinger
> Where can I get information on upgrading my Kernal? I am using Debian > linux. There is a kernel howto at http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html Its pretty well done, covers the basics. You need to have some working knowledge of what kind of hardware you have though. Joe -- Joseph

[Siglinux] Kernel Upgrade

2002-02-05 Thread Ricardo Lopez
Where can I get information on upgrading my Kernal? I am using Debian linux. Al ___ Siglinux mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux

[Siglinux] siglinux

2002-02-05 Thread Paul Sack
I'm really impressed with the new utacm.org swerver. It took only twenty seconds for my message to go from my email account to siglinux and back to my email account. -- "The subspace W inherits the other 8 properties of V. And there aren't even any property taxes." -- J. MacKay,

Re: [Siglinux] Meeting

2002-02-05 Thread Paul Sack
Yesterday at 11:30pm, Jeff Strunk expounded: ++ Let's have an informal gathering on Thursday at 8 pm at the Spiderhouse. ++ Spiderhouse is a coffee shop on 30th@Guadalupe. ObPedant: Actually, it's near 29th and Fruth St. Which is one block east of 29th and Guadalupe. It's on Fruth St. b/w 29th a