From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 20 21:23: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from omsk.mushinsky.net (omsk.mushinsky.net [66.114.66.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16C6037B40D for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:23:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from itz@localhost) by omsk.mushinsky.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id f8L4MM500997; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 00:22:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from itz) Message-Id: <200109210422.f8L4MM500997@omsk.mushinsky.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" From: Isaac Mushinsky To: "David Loszewski" , "freebsd-questions" Subject: Re: X server error, please help Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 00:22:22 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3] References: <005601c1424f$8c056d20$3000a8c0@sickness> In-Reply-To: <005601c1424f$8c056d20$3000a8c0@sickness> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Install wrapper from ports/x11 and shoot On Thursday 20 September 2001 23:43, you wrote: > Still need help > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of David > Loszewski > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:29 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: X server error, please help > > I just installed freebsd 4.4, I love the new installation options. > However, one problem that I am having is that I can't start X Windows > using a user's login name other than root. I have put this user in > group wheel and when I type 'startx' it gives me a bunch of stuff, just > the loading info and then the error message: > > "Fatal server error: > xF86OpenConsole: Server must be running with root permissions. You > should be using Xwrapper to start the server or xdm. We startongly > advice against making the server SUID root!" > > Which it's not. Any ideas? > > Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message