From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 5 14:59:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA01446 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 14:59:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw00.execpc.com (mailgw00.execpc.com [169.207.1.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA01426 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 14:58:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (kashyyyk-2-145.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.133.83]) by mailgw00.execpc.com (8.9.0) id QAA09175; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 16:58:25 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from fpawlak@localhost) by darkstar.connect.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id QAA07618; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 16:58:21 -0500 (CDT) From: "Frank Pawlak" Message-Id: <980805215820.ZM7617@darkstar.connect.com> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 21:58:19 +0000 In-Reply-To: Forrest Aldrich "X startup problems" (Aug 5, 3:09pm) References: <199808051909.PAA09541@spook.navinet.net> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) To: Forrest Aldrich , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X startup problems MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Aug 5, 3:09pm, Forrest Aldrich wrote: > Subject: X startup problems > This has been an outstanding mystery... X windows will not start up if the > user is not root. I've checked, removed, and altered my .xinitrc, to no > avail. What gives with this? > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >-- End of excerpt from Forrest Aldrich Does the user have execute permission in /usr/X11R6/bin/startx ?? Frank To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message