From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 20 18:30:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chmls06.mediaone.net (chmls06.mediaone.net [24.147.1.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6110737B40A for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 18:30:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sickness (h0000c0f0bdd0.ne.mediaone.net [24.91.160.109]) by chmls06.mediaone.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f8L1UOh20028 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:30:25 -0400 (EDT) From: "David Loszewski" To: Subject: X server error, please help Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:29:26 -0400 Message-ID: <004201c1423c$dd10a0d0$3000a8c0@sickness> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0043_01C1421B.55FF00D0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C1421B.55FF00D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I just installed freebsd 4.4, I love the new installation options. However, one problem that I am having is that I can't start X Windows using a user's login name other than root. I have put this user in group wheel and when I type 'startx' it gives me a bunch of stuff, just the loading info and then the 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 startongly advice against making the server SUID root!" Which it's not. Any ideas? Dave ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C1421B.55FF00D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I just installed freebsd = 4.4, I love the new installation options. However, one problem that I am = having is that I can’t start X Windows using a user’s login name other = than root. I have put this user = in group wheel and when I type ‘startx’ = it gives me a bunch of stuff, just the loading info and then the 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 startongly advice against making the server SUID = root!”

Which it’s = not. Any ideas?

Dave

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