From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Apr 23 12:26: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from ip.eth.net (punsmtp.ip.eth.net [202.9.128.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CAE137B425 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:24:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: (apparently) from localhost.localdomain ([202.9.131.125]) by ip.eth.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.467.46); Wed, 24 Apr 2002 00:54:11 +0530 Received: from ieee.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g3NJR0T00333 for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2002 00:57:00 +0530 (IST) (envelope-from shantanoo@ieee.org) Message-ID: <3CC5B584.D363F602@ieee.org> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 00:57:00 +0530 From: Shantanu X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: X Window problem Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi! I am not able to run 'startx' when I am non-root. But can successfully run it as a root. Following is the error msg. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Release Date: xx November 2000 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) Operating System: FreeBSD 4.5-PRERELEASE i386 [ELF] Configured drivers: SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1): NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA TNT2, RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 GTS (rev1), GeForce2 Ultra, Quadro 2 Pro, GeForce2 MX, GeForce2 MX DDR, Quadro 2 MXR, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b, ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b, ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, r128, ati, sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597, sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540, tvga8200lx, tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000, tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420, tgui9420dgi, tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682, tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520, cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd, blade3d, cyberblade, clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430, clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd5465, clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543, clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100, mgag400, oti067, oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308, ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv, ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, AP6422, AT24, AT3D, s3_savage, s3_virge, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200, ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546, ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200, ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740, i740_pci, i810, i810-dc100, i810e, Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, smi, generic Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Server must be running with root permissions You should be using Xwrapper to start the server or xdm. We strongly advise against making the server SUID root! When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Can anybody tell me what is the exact problem and how do I fix it. Regards, Shantanu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message