doesn't '#' mean root? X problems

[snowgod]

I'm not liking slack8 yet because I have yet to get X working on any of the 3 machines we have installed lately. when I try to configure it I get the following:

root@hoserII:/home/snowgod# /usr/X11R6/bin/xfree86setup
Only root can configure X.

Now tell me if I'm wrong, but it appears to me that I am root, I checked the permissions and it seems to be ok. one thing I did notice is that I needed the whole path to type the command, but that shouldn't matter, or should I copy or ln -s it to /sbin? I have also tried other ways to get X running, but I don't think I know all of XF86config enough to do it manually.

[bdg1983]

It would seem you are root though to verify, use 'whoami'.

I don't have xfree86setup myself in /usr/X11R6/bin, but have xf86cfg and xf86config. Give one of those a try.

Check if /usr/X11R6/bin is in your path 'echo $PATH'. It is in mine (root).