Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 15:21:42 -0500 From: "Cambria, Mike" <mcambria@avaya.com> To: 'mike johnson' <ahze@baddog.yi.org>, "Cambria, Mike" <mcambria@avaya.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: XFree86 4.0.1 only as root Message-ID: <443F9E4C6D67D4118C9800A0C9DD99D7108155@rerun.lucentctc.com>
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To support the i810 video, I needed to install XFree86-4 from the latest ports. Originally I installed XFree86 as part of sysinstall, via the 'net using a 4.1.1-Release boot floppy. I assume this is a package since I can't find any source code. However, I don't remember seeing an XFree86 package in /var/db/pkg. (My home system, which still runs XFree86 from the 3.x days definitely doesn't have a package in /var/db/pkg (I'm trying to figure out how to update to the latest package on that machine, which lacks disk space to build the port.)) Thanks, MikeC -----Original Message----- From: mike johnson [mailto:ahze@baddog.yi.org] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 3:15 PM To: Cambria, Mike Cc: 'ahze@baddog.yi.org'; 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' Subject: RE: XFree86 4.0.1 only as root Did you install X from ports or a package? I have noticed in the past if you ALREADY have X installed if you upgrade it will *sometimes* mess up. On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Cambria, Mike wrote: > > Thanks, > > Setuid ( chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 ) did the trick. This is the > 3rd system which I recently installed X & kde2, yet the others were setup > just fine. Go figure. > > MikeC > > -----Original Message----- > From: mike johnson [mailto:ahze@baddog.yi.org] > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 1:23 PM > To: Cambria, Mike; 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' > Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0.1 only as root > > > sounds like your premissions are messed up. > > try > > chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/* > chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/X* > > > > On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Cambria, Mike wrote: > > Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 10:36:16 -0500 > > To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" > <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > From: "Cambria, Mike" <mcambria@avaya.com> > > Subject: XFree86 4.0.1 only as root > > > > > > I can start XFree86 4.0.1 (and kde2) just fine as root, > but received the > > following error as a normal user: > > > > Fatal server error: > > Cannot open log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log" > > > > I am running 4.2-Beta (cvsup as of Thursday 9 November). > The XFree86-4 > > and > > kde2 ports are installed. My graphics card is the i810. > > > > The only problem I see running as root is I cannot logout > of KDE. To > > exit I > > use control-alt-backspace. Other than that, the system > runs just fine. > > > > Any ideas as to what the problem is? > > > > Thanks, > > MikeC > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the > message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the > message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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