Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:09:05 -0600 From: RichardH <richardh@wsonline.net> To: Thanos Tsouanas <thief_grr@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X problems, please advise helpless newbie Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20021017140612.00a728c8@mail.richardh.wsonline.net> In-Reply-To: <20021017185544.20280.qmail@web13505.mail.yahoo.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210171359250.17343-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org>
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Are you root when doing the start commands? If you are not root you need to install the wrapper so other users can use X. /usr/ports/x11/wrapper Richard H At 12:55 PM 10/17/2002, Thanos Tsouanas wrote: > > > wud it be better to comment out all the ttyv8 lines and start XFree86 > as a normal user, and > > then > > > start windowmaker? > > > > > > i really cant make xdm to work... > > > any suggestions? > > > > > > > There's a thorough HowTo on setting up a display manager (e.g. xdm, kdm, > > ...) here: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-xdm.html > > > > I can't think of any reason why it won't work if you follow the > > instructions. Note that X *must* load properly for xdm to work properly. > > If you need to test and setup X first, use an xinitrc file, e.g.: > > > > $ echo "exec wmaker" > /home/user/.xinitrc > > > > and then try 'startx'. The Handbook page above should get you going with > > xdm. > > > >i have followed the instructions on the HB and they didnt work, thats why >i came up with the >insecure method... startx gives similar errors to the ones mentioned in >the original msg. >any ideas why? > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More >http://faith.yahoo.com > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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