Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 08:03:40 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Remington <madriax@garlic.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 not working with normal users Message-ID: <20020216130340.C2A7D3E74@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <3C6E123F.4050609@garlic.com> References: <3C6E123F.4050609@garlic.com>
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install xwrapper. You can run Xfree as suid, but it reduces your system security. On Saturday 16 February 2002 03:03 am, Remington wrote: > I recently tryed running Xfree as a normal use and it returned with: > > > > XFree86 Version 4.1.0 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510) > Release Date: 2 June 2001 > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) > Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386 [ELF] > Module Loader present > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Fri Feb 15 23:49:40 2002 > (==) Using config file: "/etc/XF86Config" > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) ServerLayout "XFree86 Configured" > (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0) > (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0" > (**) | |-->Device "Card0" > (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0" > (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0" > (**) FontPath set to > "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Sp > eedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 > ib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" > (**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" > (WW) checkDevMem: failed to open /dev/mem (Permission denied) > linear framebuffer access unavailable > Fatal server error: > xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root > > What possible affects would there be to using chmod on > /dev/mem(currently at > crw-r----- 1 root kmem 2, 0 Feb 6 14:27 /dev/mem) > > and what is xfOpenConsole and what would i have to do to change the suid > error? > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) ME --> http://www.babbleon.org http://www.eff.org <-- GOOD GUYS --> http://www.programming-freedom.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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