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Date:      Wed, 28 Aug 2002 23:03:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>
To:        "K. Dao" <ktdao2000@yahoo.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CANNOT RUN startx from regular user!!
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208282302330.21721-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020829025400.65587.qmail@web12906.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, K. Dao wrote:

> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 19:54:00 -0700 (PDT)
> From: K. Dao <ktdao2000@yahoo.com>
> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Cc: ktdao2000@yahoo.com
> Subject: CANNOT RUN startx from regular user!!
> 
> Hi,
> I cannot run Xwindow from regular user but only root.I
> have no problems running on ver 3.xx
> It telling me of "fatal error must set suid on
> program" but I dont know which file to set suid on?
> \--------------------\
> uname -a
> FreeBSD cop.binhminh.net 4.6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD
> 4.6.2-RELEASE #0: Sun Mar  7 19:44:18 EST 1999    
> root@cop.binhminh.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/WINEKERN 
> i386
> -------------------------------------
> 
> 

You can either use xdm(1) to login and have it run X, or install

/usr/ports/x11/wrapper

HTH - JB



> here is the message:
> XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
> Release Date: 18 January 2002
>         If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if
> your card is
>         newer than the above date, look for a newer
> version before
>         reporting problems.  (See
> http://www.XFree86.Org/)
> Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.6 i386 [ELF]
> Module Loader present
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==)
> default setting,
>          (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II)
> informational,
>          (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not
> implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sun Mar
>  7 21:26:46 1999
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
> (==) ServerLayout "XFree86 Configured"
> (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
> (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
> (**) |   |-->Device "Card0"
> (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
> (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
> (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
> (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/".
>         Entry deleted from font path.
>         (Run 'mkfontdir' on
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/").
> (**) FontPath set to
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/
> fonts/100dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
> (**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
> (WW) checkDevMem: failed to open /dev/mem (Permission
> denied)
>         linear framebuffer access unavailable
> 
> Fatal server error:
> xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root
> 
> 
> When reporting a problem related to a server crash,
> please send
> the full server output, not just the last messages.
> This can be found in the log file
> "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
> Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org.
> 
> 
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