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Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 01:37:03 +0200
From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>
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To: Mark Bermal <bermdog@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: XF86 3.3.6 & FreeBSD 4.0
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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



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