Re: Cannot startx with root but okay with normal user

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On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Choo BK wrote:

> I have just changed to ATI Rage Mobility VGA card and
> when booting up, the hardware configuration wizard
> correctly detected the card as ATI Rage Mobility.
> However, when I startx using the root login, it shows
> "no devices detected" error. I use normal user to
> login and I do not face any problems. Attached is the
> XFree86 log file, pls advise. Thank you.

That's because you ended up configuring it with the wrong driver.  Change
your XF86Config to specify Driver "ati", instead of Driver "sis".

Marc.

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