Subject: Re: X errors
To: Bill Connell <connell@bitstream.net>
From: Andrew White <awhite@arc.corp.mot.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 03/12/2001 16:07:36
Bill Connell wrote:
>
> i just went through this myself, and of course didn't take great notes.
> can you run startx from root ok? if so, it's a permissions problem -
> check permissions on /dev/wskbd and /dev/wsmouse, and if that doesn't do
> it, check permissions on the startx scripts. you'll need read/execute
> permission as required for each (see what root has, and give yourself
> that permission).
OK, when users are given rw perms on /dev/wskbd* and /dev/wsmouse* then X
boots OK. Next problem is with the Apple Cinema display - the horizontal
and vertical scan information is all wrong. Does anyone know where these
settings live so I can change them?
Thanks
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Andrew White Andrew.E.White@motorola.com