Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:14:44 +1030 From: Brian Astill <bastill@sa.apana.org.au> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>, Denny White <dennyboy@cableone.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xserver broken Message-ID: <02011510144401.01039@BAPhD.gihon.org.au> In-Reply-To: <20020114162353.R823@k7.mavetju.org> References: <20020113230554.K311-100000@hal.cableone.net> <20020114162353.R823@k7.mavetju.org>
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On Monday 14 January 2002 15:53, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > 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. Oh no it isn't. Been there, done that - no effect. The FAQ isn't completely specific - could you help us, perhaps by saying how to implement the Xwrapper? -- Regards, Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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