Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:30:18 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Frank_Wi=DFmann?= <frank.wissmann41@web.de> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem starting X as user Message-ID: <47F62D6A.1070000@web.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0804032135420.99198@wonkity.com> References: <47F52A0C.70201@web.de> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0804032135420.99198@wonkity.com>
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Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 3 Apr 2008, Frank Wi?mann wrote: > >> Hope there's somebody out there who can help me with the following >> problem: >> When I type "startx" as root all is coming up as expected, the >> X-Server and twm as WM. When I stop it, log in as a normal user and do >> the same there is only a grey screen with a mouse-cursor coming up and >> doing nothing until I kill the X-Server with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. On >> the original screen from which I tried to start is shown the following >> error message: >> >> AUDIT: Thu Apr 3 20:34:48 2008 836 X: client 1 rejected from localhost >> (uid 1001) >> Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 >> Xlib: connection to "0:0" refused by server >> Xlib: Protocol not supported by server >> >> .xinitrc and .xsession both have the same contens "exec startxfce4" >> and the permissions "rwxr-xr-x". >> >> Any thoughts please? > > My user .xsession is: > > #!/bin/sh > > # WB: allow other user to use X on localhost > xhost +localhost > > exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 > > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA > There sure must be a problem with permissions. I can start the X-Server as "root" and execute "startxfce4" and it works fine, but there is no WM as a user. Where do I have to look? Greetings Frank
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