X doesn't start after mplayer install
Peter Garrett
peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au
Mon Jun 12 15:53:10 UTC 2006
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:09:19 -0700
"Danny Colligan" <dannycolligan at gmail.com> wrote:
> When I run "sudo startx" from the command line
> it says:
>
> xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.8584
> xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
> xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
Umm - why would you run X as root ( sudo startx) ?
Just 'startx' as your user, surely.
Running X as root is universally deprecated....
Peter
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