From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Mar 16 21:14:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from ns6.icdc.com (ns6.icdc.com [208.244.152.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 498B237B400 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 21:14:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from ultra2000 (peco.34.intrepid.icdc.com [208.244.152.88]) by ns6.icdc.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id g2H5EZb08666; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 00:14:39 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <002e01c1cd72$d6bf1f60$2c14fea9@ultra2000> From: "Chauncey Smith" To: , "freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org" References: Subject: Re: xwrapper : x won't start as non-root Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 22:27:09 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I've had this problem in the past. When you go through the config program you must say yes to the symbolic links question. If not then there is no link to the server and it won't run. This is also documented in Greg Lehays book, The Complete FreeBSD. I hope I was able to be of help. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 6:25 PM Subject: xwrapper : x won't start as non-root > I think I'm near getting X to run as a user. > It will run as root but not as user. > xwrapper is installed. > I think It's a matter of having to correct symbolic links (?). > If you need more info to help me let me know > and I'll find out. Thanks. > > 1. In my home I have the file: .xserverrc and the > string: /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper in that file. > > 2. In my /usr/X11R6/bin dir I have this link: > X --> /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA > > Again X will not start as a user (will as root). I think > I need to adjust, make, check some symbolic links > to make it work(?) Any help appreciated. > > Lee G. > > > > > > > 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