Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 20:46:06 +0000 From: "Brian K . Walters" <bkwalters@lucent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0 - A Few Questions Message-ID: <20000331204606.A7929@kagan.quedawg.com> In-Reply-To: <38E51BB3.2B3A955D@eboa.com>; from roelof@eboa.com on Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 11:42:11PM %2B0200 References: <20000331164749.A7198@kagan.quedawg.com> <38E51BB3.2B3A955D@eboa.com>
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On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 11:42:11PM +0200, Roelof Osinga wrote: > "Brian K . Walters" wrote: > > > > ... > > Why can't I start X-Windows as a normal user? What permissions do I need > > to change to get it to work? Of course I can start X as root with no > > problems. > > Have you tried 'startx'? > > With xdm you start more than just X. It's that more that requires > one to be root. > > Roelof > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Eboa (ingenieursburo Office Automation) web. http://eboa.com/ > P.O. Box 55 mail info@eboa.com > Weerd 24 > 8900 AB Leeuwarden tel. +31-582123014 > the Netherlands fax. +31-582160293 Maybe I didn't mention that in the previous email. I was using startx to try and bring up X as a regular user and that was the response I was getting. -- Brian K. Walters bkwalters@lucent.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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