Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 20:22:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Scott Nolde <scott@smnolde.com> To: Noel Balansag <pongkee@fibertel.com.ar> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: user cannot use X window Message-ID: <20011027202025.N17576-100000@bsd.smnolde.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20011025234822.007a7100@pop.fibertel.com.ar>
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After you install Xwrapper, make the following ${HOME}/.xserverrc file:
#!/bin/sh
Xdepth="-bpp 16" #YBPPMV
if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper ] ; then
exec /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper -auth $HOME/.Xauthority ${Xdepth}
else
exec X -auth $HOME/.Xauthority ${Xdepth}
fi
- Scott
smacked into the keyboard previously by owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG:
>Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 23:48:22 -0300
>From: Noel Balansag <pongkee@fibertel.com.ar>
>To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject: user cannot use X window
>
>Hi.
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>Would appreciate all the help.
>
>Thanks.
>
>
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