Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 23:42:11 +0200 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@eboa.com> To: "Brian K . Walters" <bkwalters@lucent.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0 - A Few Questions Message-ID: <38E51BB3.2B3A955D@eboa.com> References: <20000331164749.A7198@kagan.quedawg.com>
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"Brian K . Walters" wrote: > > ... > Why can't I start X-Windows as a normal user? What permissions do I need > to change to get it to work? Of course I can start X as root with no > problems. Have you tried 'startx'? With xdm you start more than just X. It's that more that requires one to be root. Roelof -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Eboa (ingenieursburo Office Automation) web. http://eboa.com/ P.O. Box 55 mail info@eboa.com Weerd 24 8900 AB Leeuwarden tel. +31-582123014 the Netherlands fax. +31-582160293 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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