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Subject:    RE: KDM won't start KDE after upgrade to XFree86-3.3.6 with Mand
From:       "Zelck, Guy" <guy.zelck () eds ! com>
Date:       2000-03-30 10:26:00
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Hi Bill,

But who's using /usr/X11R6/bin/X? Mandrake uses /etc/X11/X which is a direct
link to XMach64 and not to /usr/X11R6/bin/X nor Xwraper

Guy Zelck 




-----Original Message-----
From: wsuetholz@centonline.com [mailto:wsuetholz@centonline.com]
Sent: woensdag 29 maart 2000 17:25
To: Zelck, Guy
Cc: KDE general mailing list
Subject: RE: KDM won't start KDE after upgrade to XFree86-3.3.6 with
Mand


AFAIK: Xwrapper is what you are supposed to run instead of X.
Xwrapper is owned by root and has the SUID bit set (or should), whereas
X does not have the SUID bit set anymore.  This was a security
feature.

Bill Suetholz

> One other thing I noticed and that leaves me somewhat puzzled:
> In /etc/X11/ there's an link called X pointing to your graph. card's  X
> server in /usr/X11R6/bin, that I understand 100%. 
> But in this dir there's another link called X pointing to Xwrapper. What
is
> this for in god's name?
> CU,
> 
> Guy.
> 
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