Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 14:12:44 +0200 From: Dan Look <dan@electriccheese.com> To: mikenoc@mindspring.com Cc: FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: x windows fatal server error when not root Message-ID: <20020817141244.261916bc.dan@electriccheese.com> In-Reply-To: <Springmail.0994.1029584143.0.32917000@webmail.atl.earthlink.net> References: <Springmail.0994.1029584143.0.32917000@webmail.atl.earthlink.net>
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Hi, I think you need to install the X wrapper from ports from /usr/ports/x11/wrapper Just in case you're not familiar with the ports tree (as root) #cd /usr/ports/x11/wrapper #make install clean After that startx should work as a regular user. Let us know how you get on Dan On Sat, 17 Aug 2002 07:35:43 -0400 <mikenoc@mindspring.com> wrote: > When I am root I can run x windows but when I am > not root I get the following error. Not sure > how to fix this one any advice would be great. > > Thanks in advance, > > Mike > > xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "frogger.nuggie.net:0" in "list" command > xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "frogger.nuggie.net:0" in "add" command > Fatal server error: > Cannot open log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log" > When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send > the full server output, not just the last messages. > This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". > Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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