Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 16:00:40 -0600 From: "Jonathan Slivko" <jms235@sisna.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>, Francisco Sanchez <FranciscoS@nbci.com> Subject: Re: silly error Message-ID: <200004131600.AA1093599280@mail.sisna.com>
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Did you try adding that user into the root/wheel group? ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Francisco Sanchez <FranciscoS@nbci.com> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:51:57 -0700 >× hello, >× i am still pretty new to the FreeBSD world, and the X world, >× and, yes, also the WindowMaker world. if my question sounds >× a little simplistic, please bear with me. anyway, i recently >× installed FreeBSD 4.0, with XFree86-4.0, >× XFree86-aoutlibs-3.3.3, and windowmaker-0.61.1. Whenever i >× try to startx, it fails with the following error message: >× >× Fatal server error: >× xf86OpenConsole: Server must be running with root permissions >× You should be using Xwrapper to start the server or xdm. >× We strongly advise against making the server SUID root! >× >× now, this is obviosly some sort of permissions error, as i >× can startx with sudo and as root, but not as any other user >× on my box. i've tried using Xwrapper, and xdm, but to no >× avail. what am i doing wrong? thanx in advance for your help. >× >× also, a side note, what is the difference between >× windowmaker-0.61.1 and windowmaker-i18n-0.61.1? what are the >× i18n extensions? thanx again. >× >× -=f=- > > >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-questions" in the body of the message
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