From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 13 21:24:23 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33A6437B400 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 21:24:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAE672B785; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 06:24:07 +0100 (CET) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4CE785B1; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:23:53 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:23:53 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Denny White Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xserver broken Message-ID: <20020114162353.R823@k7.mavetju.org> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , Denny White , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020113230554.K311-100000@hal.cableone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020113230554.K311-100000@hal.cableone.net>; from dennyboy@cableone.net on Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 11:12:59PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 11:12:59PM -0600, Denny White wrote: > I installed the fbsd 4.5 rci-cdboot.iso > & everything was running fine. The only > thing that I can think I did before the > xwindows started messing up was to install > gimp. Now, when in xwindows as root, I > can't access the terminal & users can't > use xwindows at all. After hitting startx > as user, following message displays: > 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. > Any advise as to where & what to read & > check on greatly appreciated. Hate to > wipe out the install. Would much rather > fix it & learn from it. Thanks. Install the x11/wrapper port or package and the problem is solved. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message