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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:04:05 +1000
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        Noel Balansag <pongkee@fibertel.com.ar>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: user cannot use X window
Message-ID:  <20011026130405.N552@k7.mavetju.org>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20011025234822.007a7100@pop.fibertel.com.ar>; from pongkee@fibertel.com.ar on Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 11:48:22PM -0300
References:  <3.0.6.32.20011025234822.007a7100@pop.fibertel.com.ar>

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On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 11:48:22PM -0300, Noel Balansag wrote:
> How do i set/get the Xwrapper so i can use X in ordinary user mode? X works
> fine in root, but I don't want to use X that way. Too risky.

Install and use /usr/ports/x11/wrapper.

> I updated X from 3.3.6 to 4.1.0, using the script Xinstall.sh that came
> with all the binaries that i downloaded from xfree86.org, and now I cannot
> use the X window system.

You should have used the ports-version in /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4

Edwin

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