From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 23 14:14:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C81D737B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:14:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lerlaptop.iadfw.net (lerlaptop.iadfw.net [206.66.13.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5411943E31 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:14:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lerlaptop.iadfw.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6NLEGLH004392; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 16:14:16 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Subject: Re: X only works with root From: Larry Rosenman To: David Smithson Cc: Thomas Connolly , FreeBSD_Questions "(E-mail 2)" In-Reply-To: <00b101c2328d$a91fdb50$0801a8c0@customfilmeffects.com> References: <71ED4DBF1EA19A45A3765CA9548BE30A2133@server1.electrosoftsolutions.com> <00b101c2328d$a91fdb50$0801a8c0@customfilmeffects.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 23 Jul 2002 16:14:16 -0500 Message-Id: <1027458856.2700.12.camel@lerlaptop.iadfw.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) 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 Also, make sure you have the x11/wrapper port installed, assuming a XFree86 V4 install.... On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 16:12, David Smithson wrote: > You might want to check the ownership of the user you want to log in as. Do > "ls -la /home/user" to check. Then do "chown -R user:user /home/user" to > allow said user access to the dir. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Connolly" > To: "FreeBSD_Questions (E-mail 2)" > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 1:59 PM > Subject: X only works with root > > > > Hello, > > I'm a newbie and I can't seem to get my X Server working with any other > > users besides root. This is probably a permissions issue. Can someone > > offer some help here? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tom > > > > 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 > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message