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From: "Adam Maas" <mykroft@explosive.mail.net>
To: "Charlie ROOT" <root@x74-47.forestry.umn.edu>,
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Subject: Re: only root can startx
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 13:37:14 -0500
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie ROOT" <root@x74-47.forestry.umn.edu>
To: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:30 PM
Subject: only root can startx


> I am working the kinks out of an upgrade from 4.7 to 5.0-R. So far I see a
> problem starting X. first off xinit does not seem to work. Was that
> removed in 5.0? Second, oly root can startx. When I try as a regular user,
> I get the message: 'Fatal server error connot open log file
> /var/log/XFree86.0.log'
>
> what's going on here?
>
> thanks,
>
> Kirk
>
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