I tested the FAQ advice about grml-x and nvidia. The simple command was
grml-x -nostart -module nvidia gdm
If I run as root, I get a strong warning message that grml-x does not support root. (P.S. Why not?)
If I run as a non-root user, I get error messages about the user lacking privileges to run certain binaries.
Mark
* Mark or2uvma02@sneakemail.com [20060204 01:15]:
I tested the FAQ advice about grml-x and nvidia. The simple command was
grml-x -nostart -module nvidia gdm
If I run as root, I get a strong warning message that grml-x does not support root. (P.S. Why not?)
Running X as user root is nothing you should use. Therefore the warning message and the advice to use the '-nostart' option if you want to create /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
To avoid confusion as far as possible, grml2hd even checks for existence of /etc/X11/xorg.conf and creates one on request (default == yes).
If I run as a non-root user, I get error messages about the user lacking privileges to run certain binaries.
Sure, as you have to write files you are not allowed to modify without root-permissions. On live-cd that's not a problem at all, but on hd-install it's deactivated for security reasons.
regards, -mika-
Well, GRML should not present logical inconsistencies. No matter which way you run grml-x, it gives error messages. So there is something wrong with the assumptions. There should be some way to "run it right."
If the script is meant to run as user, it should prompt for root p/w, so it can use binaries that need root access. If the script is meant to run as root, then it should not give error messages about running as root.
grml2hd is not in question at all...really a separate topic...yes it can make an x.conf too, but not for nVidia cards. A person must run grml-x separately and call out "-module nVidia" because GRML refuses to autodetect nVidia cards even when nVidia drivers are already installed.
Thanks mika, Mark
* Mark or2uvma02@sneakemail.com [20060208 05:15]:
Well, GRML should not present logical inconsistencies. No matter which way you run grml-x, it gives error messages. So there is something wrong with the assumptions. There should be some way to "run it right."
Once more: It's not an error message.
If the script is meant to run as user, it should
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Patch welcome.
regards, -mika-
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