this bug's URL: http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=811
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Subject: /etc/monitorcap: failure to create, finish grass5install
Platform: Linux/Intel
Linux distro: Mandrake
linux cpu: Intel (i486, i586, pentium ...)
Xwindows version: Xfree 4.0.x
Xwindows manager: GNOME
grass downloaded at: Baylor site
grass binary for platform: Linux/Intel binaries
Please enter error description here
sh grass5install.sh grass5.0.0pre1_i686-pc-linux-gnu_bin.tar.gz
resulted in
failure to create /usr/local/grass5/etc/monitorcap
asks me if I am root user
if I create the monitorcap directory myself, the install program omits it,
asks me if I am root user
of course I am logged on as root
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