Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 08:44:49 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net> To: "Anthony E. Coley" <anthony@sohopros.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help xinit? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980514082057.1560B-100000@vanessa.eliuk.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980514074344.007c1ae0@sohopros.com>
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On Thu, 14 May 1998, Anthony E. Coley wrote: => What do I need to do to be able to run startx while not logged in => as root? I am unable to start an X session while logged in as => a regular user. Version 3.3.2 ? =============== I installed the source, read /usr/X11R6/src/xc/INSTALL.TXT, /usr/X11R6/src/xc/config/cf/FreeBSD.cf, read and applied the recent patch to XFree86, and edited the /usr/X11R6/src/xc/config/cf/site.def. [snip] #define InstallXserverSetUID NO Then I followed the instructions to rebuild. I don't think I missed anything another than the fact I rebuilt after reading in the FreeBSD.cf that I should make sure that the proper "tcl" and "tk" pkg's should be installed before building. Nothing is a replacment for reading before starting:) NOTE: The build will change the symbolic link from /usr/X11R6/bin/X to /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA. Kevin G. Eliuk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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