Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 13:22:46 EST From: mike johnson <ahze@slaughter.necro.edu> To: "Cambria, Mike" <mcambria@avaya.com>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0.1 only as root Message-ID: <20001113182246.9DB0B1DC6@baddog.yi.org>
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sounds like your premissions are messed up. try chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/* chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/X* On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Cambria, Mike wrote: > Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 10:36:16 -0500 > To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > From: "Cambria, Mike" <mcambria@avaya.com> > Subject: XFree86 4.0.1 only as root > > > I can start XFree86 4.0.1 (and kde2) just fine as root, but received the > following error as a normal user: > > Fatal server error: > Cannot open log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log" > > I am running 4.2-Beta (cvsup as of Thursday 9 November). The XFree86-4 > and > kde2 ports are installed. My graphics card is the i810. > > The only problem I see running as root is I cannot logout of KDE. To > exit I > use control-alt-backspace. Other than that, the system runs just fine. > > Any ideas as to what the problem is? > > Thanks, > MikeC > > > > 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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