Date: 27 Jul 2002 16:47:46 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com Cc: Maxime Romano <verbophobe@hotmail.com>, freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recompiled Sawfish, now startx works only for root WAS [Re: Newly installed Message-ID: <1027802866.48261.0.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <1027797165.32480.5.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> References: <F87DWqhssyxhYwrdrEb000265d1@hotmail.com> <1027766375.3d427867e2fc8@netmail.pipex.net> <1027789936.46963.0.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1027797165.32480.5.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com>
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--=-kmQazs3V+xHzF/bqQdAI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2002-07-27 at 15:12, Stacey Roberts wrote: > Hi Joe, > Here's what's in ~/.xinitrc: > /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session Should be: exec /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session Joe >=20 > That's it, as I gathered from the Handbook 2nd Ed. Ch.5 Pg 137 >=20 > Does this help? >=20 > Stacey >=20 > On Sat, 2002-07-27 at 18:12, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > On Sat, 2002-07-27 at 06:39, sroberts@dsl.pipex.com wrote: > > >=20 > > > Hi Maxime, > > > That's worked for! > > >=20 > > > However, I'm back to my original problem:=20 > > >=20 > > > "Sawfish not running", when trying to configure Sawfish as ordinary u= ser. > > >=20 > > > Running "sawfish" at cli returns: "You can only run one window manage= r" > >=20 > > What window manager are you running, then? What do you have in > > ~/.xinitrc? > >=20 > > Joe > >=20 > > >=20 > > > Stacey=20 > > >=20 > > > Quoting Maxime Romano <verbophobe@hotmail.com>: > > >=20 > > > > No, no! To use startx, your X server must be SUID root! Do to tha= t, > > > > just=20 > > > > chmod +s /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 as root and you're set. > > > >=20 > > > > (Oh, and try to set the permissions on XFree86.0.log to what they w= ere.=20 > > > >=20 > > > > Something might break.) > > > >=20 > > > > -Maxime Romano > > > >=20 > > > > >From: <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com> > > > > >To: robert Backhaus <robbakfreebsd@yahoo.co.uk> > > > > >CC: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>,FreeBSD User Question= s > > > > List=20 > > > > ><freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>,<freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG> > > > > >Subject: Re: Recompiled Sawfish, now startx works only for root WA= S > > > > [Re:=20 > > > > >Newly installed 4.6Stable+gnome1.4x =3D Broken Sawfish] > > > > >Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 10:53:27 +0100 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi Robert, > > > > > I did as you suggested, but that only gives me a new error: > > > > > > > > > >Fatal server error: > > > > >xf86OpenConsole: server must be suid root > > > > > > > > > >Silly question, how do I get the permissions to revert back to wha= t > > > > they=20 > > > > >were: > > > > > > > > > >"rw r r root wheel" > > > > > > > > > >???? > > > > > > > > > >Stacey > > > > > > > > > >Quoting robert Backhaus <robbakfreebsd@yahoo.co.uk>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- sroberts@dsl.pipex.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Joe, > > > > > > > I recompiled Sawfish, but now startx only works > > > > > > > for root. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For each user, there already exists the .xinitrc > > > > > > > file > > > > > > > with: /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session being the only > > > > > > > line in there. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The error I get is: > > > > > > > Fatal Server Error: > > > > > > > Cannnot open log file /var/log/XFree86.0.log > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please help me with this. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Stacey > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Check the ownership of /var/log/Free86.0.log > > > > > > ls /var/log/XFree86.0.log > > > > > > it should be something like rwx_w__w_ > > > > > > do chmod a+w /var/log//XFree86.0.log > > > > > > I hope. > > > > > > > > > > > > Robert Backhaus > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > > > > > > http://health.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message > > > >=20 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > Join the world=92s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail.=20 > > > > http://www.hotmail.com > > > >=20 > > > >=20 > > >=20 > > >=20 > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message > > >=20 > >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 --=-kmQazs3V+xHzF/bqQdAI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA9Qwbyb2iPiv4Uz4cRApAKAJwP07Yrj4tTe/CdC0p1cSXvG/JF2QCgoqtE Qtjo9XSPShb6VflUO0T/okE= =egeI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-kmQazs3V+xHzF/bqQdAI-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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