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Date:      Wed, 28 Aug 2002 19:54:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "K. Dao" <ktdao2000@yahoo.com>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        ktdao2000@yahoo.com
Subject:   CANNOT RUN startx from regular user!!
Message-ID:  <20020829025400.65587.qmail@web12906.mail.yahoo.com>

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Hi,
I cannot run Xwindow from regular user but only root.I
have no problems running on ver 3.xx
It telling me of "fatal error must set suid on
program" but I dont know which file to set suid on?
\--------------------\
uname -a
FreeBSD cop.binhminh.net 4.6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD
4.6.2-RELEASE #0: Sun Mar  7 19:44:18 EST 1999    
root@cop.binhminh.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/WINEKERN 
i386
-------------------------------------


here is the message:
XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 18 January 2002
        If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if
your card is
        newer than the above date, look for a newer
version before
        reporting problems.  (See
http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.6 i386 [ELF]
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==)
default setting,
         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II)
informational,
         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not
implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sun Mar
 7 21:26:46 1999
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(==) ServerLayout "XFree86 Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Card0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/".
        Entry deleted from font path.
        (Run 'mkfontdir' on
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/").
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/
fonts/100dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(WW) checkDevMem: failed to open /dev/mem (Permission
denied)
        linear framebuffer access unavailable

Fatal server error:
xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root


When reporting a problem related to a server crash,
please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file
"/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org.


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