Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 10:53:27 +0100 From: <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com> To: robert Backhaus <robbakfreebsd@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>, FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Recompiled Sawfish, now startx works only for root WAS [Re: Newly installed 4.6Stable+gnome1.4x = Broken Sawfish] Message-ID: <1027763607.3d426d977139b@netmail.pipex.net> In-Reply-To: <20020727094350.11665.qmail@web12901.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020727094350.11665.qmail@web12901.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi Robert, I did as you suggested, but that only gives me a new error: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: server must be suid root Silly question, how do I get the permissions to revert back to what they were: "rw r r root wheel" ???? Stacey Quoting robert Backhaus <robbakfreebsd@yahoo.co.uk>: > > --- sroberts@dsl.pipex.com wrote: > > > > Hi Joe, > > I recompiled Sawfish, but now startx only works > > for root. > > > > For each user, there already exists the .xinitrc > > file > > with: /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session being the only > > line in there. > > > > The error I get is: > > Fatal Server Error: > > Cannnot open log file /var/log/XFree86.0.log > > > > Please help me with this. > > > > Stacey > > > > > Check the ownership of /var/log/Free86.0.log > ls /var/log/XFree86.0.log > it should be something like rwx_w__w_ > do chmod a+w /var/log//XFree86.0.log > I hope. > > Robert Backhaus > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > http://health.yahoo.com > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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