Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 04:19:35 -0600 (CST) From: Denny White <dennyboy@cableone.net> To: Brian Astill <bastill@sa.apana.org.au> Cc: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: xserver broken Message-ID: <20020115041742.K21257-100000@hal.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <02011510144401.01039@BAPhD.gihon.org.au>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 had posted earlier in the night with different subject. lost other messages. couldn't remember exact subject. server now working for both root & user for xwindows, but neither can shell to the terminal or run any other terminal apps. hmm.... not near advanced enough yet to really know where to go from there. On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Brian Astill wrote: > 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 > > 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8RAJCy0Ty5RZE55oRAmWoAJ42nhzgjUfWK6o/ciXL3uCCd2457ACgqrYA UgRzu4IoCZVjCHpd8sC912s= =Zv4n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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