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Atealtha
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| I installed from stage 1. After everything finished, Xfree was not installed. So I did an emerge Xfree. After a long long time, I did /etc/X11/XF86Config and it says "permission denied" even though I'm on as root. What's going on? I never got this problem before |
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pjp
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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Moved from Other Things Gentoo.
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Vancouverite
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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This is because /etc/X11/XF86Config doesn't have the execute permission enabled... and rightly so because it's the configuration file. Presumably: startx is the command you're looking for.
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Atealtha
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm under root, I shouldnt be getting such messages. I tried /proc/driver/nvidia/cards/0 and got the same thing |
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| Atealtha wrote: | | I'm under root, I shouldnt be getting such messages. I tried /proc/driver/nvidia/cards/0 and got the same thing |
It doesn't matter who you are when you try to execute files that are not executable or even binaries for that matter. What is the quoted even supposed to accomplish?
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Atealtha
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| when I did /etc/.../XF86Config, I was brought into a screen that took me through a step by step process to setup my screen, mouse, keyboard, etc. |
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Zalator
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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You're thinking of
| Code: | | /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config |
However, rather than using that script (which I found to be rather outdated last time I used it,) I would suggest manually configuring your XFree server by doing a
| Code: | | nano /etc/X11/XF86Config |
Althought it may seem more difficult at first, knowing exactly how your XFree is configured can save you many problems later on. |
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