Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 16:17:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: David Loszewski <stealth215@mediaone.net> Cc: "'Isaac Mushinsky'" <imush@mail.ru>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: X server error, please help Message-ID: <20010921161607.I20004-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <002201c142d9$5e77a3c0$3000b1d8@sickness>
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Have a look at the message that gets printed out when you install XFree86-4: ************************************************************************ * To improve security, the X server is installed without an SUID bit. * * This is suitable for use with xdm, but not with a startx script. * * If you need to use a startx script, install the x11/wrapper package. * ************************************************************************ * If XFree86-4 is not a basic part of your operating system, add the * * following line to /etc/make.conf: XFREE86_VERSION=4 * ************************************************************************ Note the bottom section. As soon as you set that variable in make.conf, wrapper will build. Joe On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, David Loszewski wrote: > > K, I tried to install wrapper but it came up with this: > > zeus# make install > ===> wrapper-1.0_1 is forbidden: This port is for XFree86-4. > > So I installed XFree86-4 assuming that I didn't have this, keep in mind > that I have FreeBSD 4.4 so I was a little surprised to see that it > wasn't already installed. Once I've installed it I try to install > wrapper again and this is what I get: > > zeus# make install > ===> wrapper-1.0_1 is forbidden: This port is for XFree86-4. > > Same thing, so why is this happening? Not only that but when I was > running FreeBSD 4.3 it never used to come up with that root permission > error for trying to run the X server. FreeBSD 4.4 was done as a clean > install and was not upgraded. Any help you could provide would be much > appreciated. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Isaac > Mushinsky > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 12:22 AM > To: David Loszewski; freebsd-questions > Subject: Re: X server error, please help > > Install wrapper from ports/x11 and shoot > > On Thursday 20 September 2001 23:43, you wrote: > > Still need help > > > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of David > > Loszewski > > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:29 PM > > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: X server error, please help > > > > I just installed freebsd 4.4, I love the new installation options. > > However, one problem that I am having is that I can't start X Windows > > using a user's login name other than root. I have put this user in > > group wheel and when I type 'startx' it gives me a bunch of stuff, > just > > the loading info and then the error message: > > > > "Fatal server error: > > xF86OpenConsole: Server must be running with root permissions. You > > should be using Xwrapper to start the server or xdm. We startongly > > advice against making the server SUID root!" > > > > Which it's not. Any ideas? > > > > Dave > > 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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