From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 30 6:26:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33342158AE for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:26:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.040 #1) id 11soEP-000BEv-00; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 16:26:13 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: John Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X Error In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 29 Nov 1999 12:43:40 EST." <4.1.19991129123429.00957d10@mail.udel.edu> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 16:26:12 +0200 Message-ID: <43208.943971972@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 12:43:40 EST, John wrote: > I started getting this error when executing "startx" since I rebuilt > the world (about 1.5-2 wks ago), and since installing KDE. I never > actually went to use KDE - I uninstalled it before trying to use it. [...] > Fatal server error: > xf86OpenConsole: KDENABIO failed (Operation not permitted) Have a look at your ~/.xinitrc and look for traces of KDE. Try replacing it with /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc . Actually, have a look at _that_ file as well and make sure there are no traces of xinitrc. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message