From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 12 19: 7:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from kestrel.prod.itd.earthlink.net (kestrel.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.155]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7C2C37B400 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 19:06:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from ghost.localhost.domain (1Cust240.tnt5.buffalo.ny.da.uu.net [63.20.93.240]) by kestrel.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA21096; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 19:06:40 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ipthomas@localhost) by ghost.localhost.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA00470; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 22:03:52 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ipthomas) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 22:03:52 -0500 (EST) From: User Ipthomas Ian Patrick Thomas Message-Id: <200101130303.WAA00470@ghost.localhost.domain> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, wsoutherland@saintstephens.org Subject: Re: Problem preventing X server from starting In-Reply-To: <3F687E6F4578D411862F004005A3ED1110554B@bigserver.saintstephens.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I think I saw this problem listed on the XFree86 mailing lists. If I remember correctly,(this may not be the case) this has something to do with security levels set during installation. Again, check XFree mailing list for a more definitive answer. Ian From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Jan 12 16:54:47 2001 X-Apparently-To: ipthomas_77@yahoo.com via web4306 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Problem preventing X server from starting Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 12:59:55 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "Southerland, William" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk After a fresh install of FreeBSD 4.2 on a Pentium 233Mhz system with an ATI Mach64 card, I was able to sucessfully start the X server from both the root account and my own user account. However, when I booted the machine today, and I tried 'startx', I recieved the following error message: Server Error: xf86OpenConsole: KDENABIO failed (Operation not permitted) What can I do to remedy this problem? Will Southerland Computer Science/Tech Services Saint Stephen's Episcopal School Bradenton, Florida wsoutherland@saintstephens.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ AP Computer Science Web Site: http://www.saintstephens.org/technology/APCS/apcomp.htm Jackson Southerland's Web Site: http://www.saintstephens.org/techbaby +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right." - Frederick (II) the Great To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message