From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 12 19:30:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA11248 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 19:30:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw02.execpc.com (mailgw02.execpc.com [169.207.16.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA11154 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 19:29:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (indobok-9.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.87.9]) by mailgw02.execpc.com (8.8.8) id VAA10412; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:29:50 -0500 (CDT) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by darkstar.connect.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA02403; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:29:49 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199804130229.VAA02403@darkstar.connect.com> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:29:47 -0500 (CDT) From: Frank Pawlak Subject: Re: Can not run X under user account. To: anthony@sohopros.com cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 12 Apr, anthony@sohopros.com wrote: > I can not start xinit when I am logged on as a regular > user. The only way I can start X is by logging on as > root. Can someone help me figure this out? > > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: anthony@sohopros.com > Date: 12-Apr-98 > Time: 19:26:06 > > This message was sent by XFMail > ---------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Sounds like you have a file permission problem. Had that happen to me once. Check the relevant files for the correct permissions. I can;t recall which were giving the problem in my experience. OR Check that /usr/X11R6/bin is in the users .profile file. This is most likely the problem. Frank -- ----------------------------- "At no time is freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." -- Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message