Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 01:12:58 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Sandip Srivastava <ssriva1@alumni.umbc.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X won't run after upgrade Message-ID: <20000310011258.C245@parish> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.1000309200008.16512A-100000@alumni.umbc.edu>; from ssriva1@alumni.umbc.edu on Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 08:02:37PM -0500 References: <Pine.SGI.3.96.1000309200008.16512A-100000@alumni.umbc.edu>
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On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 08:02:37PM -0500, Sandip Srivastava wrote:
> I upgraded to XFree86 3.3.6 using the port. After the port was installed,
> I rebooted my pc and ran 'xf86config'. Then I typed 'startx' at the prompt
> and got the following error:
>
> Xwrapper: no modules loaded for 'xserver' service
> Authentication failed - cannot start X server.
> Perhaps you do not have console ownership?
>
> I ran 'startx' as root and as a regular user, and still got the same
> error. I also used 'XF86Setup' for configuration. I'm at a lost what do.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
Arghh! yes , I fell into that one myself. When you built XFree you
answered "yes" to the question asking if you want PAM support.
Re-build it, answering "no" to the PAM question and the problem will
disappear.
FWIW, I read on one of the lists that PAM is broken (it fails to link
in a library), I assume that this is the root of the problem.
#include <disclaimer.h>
The statement that PAM is broken is just my understanding of it, I
maybe wrong, I don't fully understand all this crypto stuff :(
HTH
> -Sandip
>
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