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Date:      Sun, 24 Jun 2001 00:22:20 -0500 (CDT)
From:      David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
To:        Jon <cpcbuzz@yahoo.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: XFree86 error
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0106240019380.61558-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010624042355.21811.qmail@web5105.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Jon wrote:

:when attempting to 'startx' i get the following error:
:
:xf86OpenConsole: KDENABIO failed (Operation not
:permitted)
:
:
:anyone have a clue as to what this might mean??
:

It means you're running XFree 4.x as a non-root users, though it would be
nice to mention things like that, as mind-reading is an imprecise science.
It that be the case, either you should configure xdm(1) or an equivelant, or
install the ports/x11/wrapper port.

Regards,

David Scheidt

-- 
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