Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 01:37:03 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Mark Bermal <bermdog@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XF86 3.3.6 & FreeBSD 4.0 Message-ID: <393D8B1F.4DD8C935@i-clue.de> References: <20000601171045.20404.qmail@web4502.mail.yahoo.com>
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Mark Bermal wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm just getting back into computer stuff, so I upgraded freebsd > 3.3-stable to freebsd 4.0 -release, and now Free86 3.3.6 won't work. > When I type startx it says "authentification failed \\ perhaps you > don't have console ownership?" I don't know exactly why it does this, > but I did compile the kernel with the correct options (UCONSOLE, SYS V > memory stuff). I had the same problem with the GENERIC kernel. It seems you logged in as <user>, su-ed to root, then startx-ed. do a startx befor you su, then su in a terminal window. Alternatively, try xhost + to disable authentication. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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