Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 01:40:14 +0000 (GMT) From: David Banning <tracker@worldy.com> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X failure - through startx Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004120138230.210-100000@tracker> In-Reply-To: <20000411233903.C31270@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Crist J. Clark wrote: > On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 08:12:08PM +0000, David Banning wrote: > > following the installation of kde11 I get the following error when > > trying to execute startx; > > > > Authentication failed - Cannot start X server. > > Perhaps you do not have console ownership? > > > > Any pointers would be helpful. I wonder if permission plays a > > part here. I noticed during the installation of kde11 the > > make install was chmod'ing alot of 444's - that seems awfully restrictive. > > Sounds like XFree86 was built with PAM support. Indeed it was. I just found the answer on the mailing list archives. IT WAS YOU who answered the person's question then too. Sorry I didn't do my homework before posting. Thanks again Crist. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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