Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 10:40:50 -0700 (MST) From: Aaron Mildenstein <aaronm@orem.verio.net> To: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com> Cc: Ronan Lucio <ronan@melim.com.br>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: non root XFree-4 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0111221040240.53112-100000@mx.dmz.orem.verio.net> In-Reply-To: <20011122093317.K23578@johncoop.MSHOME>
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Xwrapper, being located in /usr/ports/x11/wrapper Aaron Mildenstein UNIX Systems Administrator Verio Web Hosting __ "Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup." On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, John Merryweather Cooper wrote: > On 2001.11.22 09:23 Ronan Lucio wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have installed FreeBSD-4.4 + XFree-4_1 + Kde-2.2 > > Everything works fine except for the XFree just works > > with root, when I do a startx by a normal user, it returns > > a error: > > > > Fatal server error: > > xf860OpenConsole: Server must be running with root permissions > > You should be using Xwrapper to start the server or xdm. > > We strongly advise against making the server SUID root! > > > > And my second problem is that the man doen=B4t works on > > console. > > > > Does anybody know what I=B4m doing wrong? > > > > []=B4s > > > > Ronan Lucio > > Melim Internet Provider > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > As has been stated many, many times, one in your situation should > either: 1) setup xdm/kdm/gdm to start at boot; or 2) install the > Xwrapper port. > > -- > jmc || MacroHard -- \ > || the perfection of form over | > ----------------------------------|| substance, marketing over | > Web: http://www.borgsdemons.com || performance, and greed over | > || design . . . | > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D/ > Public Key: http://www.borgsdemons.com/Personal/pgpkey.asc | > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D\ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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