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Brett Johnson wrote: |
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> I know it's considered bad mojo to run X as root, but what I do in these |
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> situations shut down all X servers, log into the console as root and run |
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> X > x.log 2>&1 |
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> Once I get the lovely grey checkered screen, kill the server |
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> <CTRL> + <ALT> + <BACKSPACE> |
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> I then review the x.log and /var/log/Xorg.0.log for errors. If you still |
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> see "Permission denied", then the problem is most likely with a missing |
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> driver/module (which is what I am guessing is your problem). |
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May I suggest caution trusting these results? From what the OP said, the |
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permission problem only occurs when starting a 32-bit 3d program, so it |
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wouldn't appear in this case. |
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Sebastian Redl |
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