Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 17:54:55 -0700 (PDT) From: twig les <twigles@yahoo.com> To: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: starting X as non-root Message-ID: <20020622005455.12160.qmail@web10106.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020621205952.GA10684@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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Thanks to everyone for the quick and simple replies. I hate to do this, but I have another one that has been whipping me. After installing Xwrapper, I can start xterm as a mere mortal, but Windowmaker won't start unless I am root, then it pops up beautifully. I've been poking around for a few hours now inside /usr/X11R6 and havent gotten anywhere. I also tried the FAQ. I can still reinstall and get around this but would rather *understand*. Any help is appreciated. --- Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> wrote: > > Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 13:28:16 -0700 (PDT) > > From: twig les <twigles@yahoo.com> > > Subject: starting X as non-root > > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > Hey all, I've run into this before and found a > > solution but would like to try another way.... > > > > I have configured X and can run it as root, but if > I'm > > a different user (in wheel even) I can't. I'll > paste > > my XFree86.0.log at the end. I'm sure this is > normal > > since the error says X has to be suid root. > However I > > don't know how to set this up manually and would > like > > to know. Previously I have solved this by simply > > going through the install process again and making > > sure I configure X during the initial install > instead > > of a post-configure. > > > > So my question is, how do I configure this? I > will > > gladly RTFM if someone has one. > > # (cd /usr/ports/x11/wrapper && make install > clean) > > -- > FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE > 10:59PM up 18 days, 12:48, 13 users, load averages: > 0.00, 0.00, 0.05 ===== ----------------------------------------------------------- Only fools have all the answers. ----------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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