Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 23:27:25 -0500 From: "Sean Robertson" <spr@sysconfig.com> To: <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Problems running XFree86 from the ports system on 3.3.4 Message-ID: <000501bf5022$b06655b0$fbc9a8c0@sysconfig.net>
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I have been using FreeBSD for some time now for servers, but decided to try KDE out on the platform as a workstation. I installed basic FreeBSD 3.3.4 and then installed XFree86 from the ports collection. When I try startx, I get the following error message: Authentication failed - cannot start X server. Perhaps you do not have console ownership? Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? The problem has something to do with the Xwrapper program that is used with the newer versions of XFree86. If I run Xwrapper directly I get the same error. I have tried this as a user, as su'ed user, and as root directly. Please reply to me directly as I am not part of this mailing list. Sean P. Robertson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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