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From: Francisco Sanchez <FranciscoS@nbci.com>
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Subject: silly error
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:51:57 -0700
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=D7 hello,
=D7 i am still pretty new to the FreeBSD world, and the X world,=20
=D7 and, yes, also the WindowMaker world.  if my question sounds=20
=D7 a little simplistic, please bear with me.  anyway, i recently=20
=D7 installed FreeBSD 4.0, with XFree86-4.0,=20
=D7 XFree86-aoutlibs-3.3.3, and windowmaker-0.61.1.  Whenever i=20
=D7 try to startx, it fails with the following error message:
=D7=20
=D7 Fatal server error:
=D7 xf86OpenConsole: Server must be running with root permissions
=D7 You should be using Xwrapper to start the server or xdm.
=D7 We strongly advise against making the server SUID root!
=D7=20
=D7 now, this is obviosly some sort of permissions error, as i=20
=D7 can startx with sudo and as root, but not as any other user=20
=D7 on my box.  i've tried using Xwrapper, and xdm, but to no=20
=D7 avail.  what am i doing wrong?  thanx in advance for your help.
=D7=20
=D7 also, a side note, what is the difference between=20
=D7 windowmaker-0.61.1 and windowmaker-i18n-0.61.1?  what are the=20
=D7 i18n extensions?  thanx again.
=D7=20
=D7 -=3Df=3D-=20


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