From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 14 11:55: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64B8937B60D for ; Sun, 14 May 2000 11:54:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA51257; Sun, 14 May 2000 14:54:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 14:54:11 -0400 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Kevin Cc: jon@dookie.demon.co.uk, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with X after 3.4 -> 4.0 Message-ID: <20000514145410.C50543@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Reply-To: cjclark@home.com References: <391DED92.8A961AE2@dookie.demon.co.uk> <20000513204710.B48538@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> <0003677ee21f1db2_mailit@smtp.jump.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <0003677ee21f1db2_mailit@smtp.jump.net>; from kweiss@jump.net on Sat, May 13, 2000 at 12:06:27PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 12:06:27PM +0000, Kevin wrote: > Hey Jonathan, > > Chris has the right idea--maybe PAM is your problem. I just had a similar > problem with X not reading my .xsession file. I did a 'make reinstall' for > XFree86 and made sure to say "NO" to the question about PAM support (the last > question, I think). This solved my problem and I think it'll take care of > your problem also. Are you guys telling us that the XFree86 distribution that comes with 4.0 CDROMS has PAM builtin? I would expect to be flooded with these problems if that is the case. > >On Sun, May 14, 2000 at 12:04:34AM +0000, Jonathan Belson wrote: > >> Hiya > >> > >> > >> Since I upgraded my 3.4-RELEASE to 4.0-RELEASE, I've had some problems > >> starting X. > >> When I type 'startx' or 'xinit' I get the error > >> > >> AUthentication failed - cannot start X server > >> Perhaps you do not have console ownership? > >> > >> As root I get > >> > >> Xwrapper: no modules loaded for 'xserver' service. > >> > >> The only way I can start X is by typing 'X' as root, then running an > >> xterm via my user account. > >> > >> ANy idea what the problem is? > > > >Did you rebuild X at some point? Did you build X with PAM support? > >-- > >Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message