Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 02:33:33 +0200 From: Aslak Evang <nyogtha@flipp.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 wierdness Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20010808023129.00a3fc30@freenix.no> In-Reply-To: <20010808114015.B49570@itouchnz.itouch> References: <20010807184726.B1531@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> <20010806181635.A3544@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> <5622162137.20010806152720@dsl-only.net> <4gwv4gyehk.v4g@localhost.localdomain> <20010807173144.A1531@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> <20010808093942.B38018@itouchnz.itouch> <20010807184726.B1531@acadia.ne.mediaone.net>
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> > Fatal server error:
> > Cannot open log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log"
>When you're configuring and testing your X setup, you need to be
>running as root. Are you getting that error when you run startx as
>root?
I got this error too for a while when trying to run X as any "normal" user.
root worked fine. The first solution I tried was running XDM at boot which
makes X work for everybody but seeing as I didnt want to boot into graphics
mode all the time I ended up doing a chmod 6555 on the binarie(s). I've
read somewhere that thats not a recommended way of doing it, but it works
fine for me.
- Aslak
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