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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 01:48:38 -0800
From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc: Chris Stenton <jacs@gnome.co.uk>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG,
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Subject: Re: startx /dev/mem problem
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On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 01:51:43AM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> Chris Stenton <jacs@gnome.co.uk> writes:
> > Fatal server error:
> > xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root
>                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> This is your clue.

He might also be running at elevated securelevel.
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Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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