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crac posted 27-01- 08:47 CT(US)
when i tried to get from the menu to the console as normal user (better: running wine hl as superuser) the screen got alway freezed (endless "loading"). then i tried to run the xserver as root, and it worked. (wine-20010112, xfree86-4.0.2, nvidia-0.96).
ps: i know crazney that you are not going to like this post very much, but anyway, i think it makes life easier; try the ehl-script and change some settings, and you will be amazed...
Zeitgeist posted 27-01- 11:44 CT(US)
i did'nt even try sifting though that..
this way is easy and works great
crazney posted 02-02- 16:57 CT(US)
what arnt i going to like?
anyway, running xserver as root _doesnt_ change anything - EXCEPT you are using DIFFERENT wine configs, different permisoins on the CS dirs etc.
make sure that you (user) have the same configs as the super use, make sure that ur /usr/local/wine/ (wherever ur C drive is) is OWNED by ur user. etc..
ehl is a shell, doesnt set it up, im happy it works for you, but not for many others.
David
brunson posted 12-02- 18:00 CT(US)
Root may also be the only one to have permissions to the DRI device if you haven't configured:

Section "DRI"
mode 0666
EndSection
in your XF86Config

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Author	Topic: run xserver as root
crac	posted 27-01- 08:47 CT(US) when i tried to get from the menu to the console as normal user (better: running wine hl as superuser) the screen got alway freezed (endless "loading"). then i tried to run the xserver as root, and it worked. (wine-20010112, xfree86-4.0.2, nvidia-0.96). ps: i know crazney that you are not going to like this post very much, but anyway, i think it makes life easier; try the ehl-script and change some settings, and you will be amazed...
Zeitgeist	posted 27-01- 11:44 CT(US) i did'nt even try sifting though that.. this way is easy and works great
crazney	posted 02-02- 16:57 CT(US) what arnt i going to like? anyway, running xserver as root _doesnt_ change anything - EXCEPT you are using DIFFERENT wine configs, different permisoins on the CS dirs etc. make sure that you (user) have the same configs as the super use, make sure that ur /usr/local/wine/ (wherever ur C drive is) is OWNED by ur user. etc.. ehl is a shell, doesnt set it up, im happy it works for you, but not for many others. David
brunson	posted 12-02- 18:00 CT(US) Root may also be the only one to have permissions to the DRI device if you haven't configured: Section "DRI" mode 0666 EndSection in your XF86Config