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Date:      Thu, 13 Apr 2000 16:00:40 -0600
From:      "Jonathan  Slivko" <jms235@sisna.com>
To:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>, Francisco Sanchez <FranciscoS@nbci.com>
Subject:   Re: silly error
Message-ID:  <200004131600.AA1093599280@mail.sisna.com>

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Did you try adding that user into the root/wheel group?

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Francisco Sanchez <FranciscoS@nbci.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:51:57 -0700

>=D7 hello,
>=D7 i am still pretty new to the FreeBSD world, and the X world, 
>=D7 and, yes, also the WindowMaker world.  if my question sounds 
>=D7 a little simplistic, please bear with me.  anyway, i recently 
>=D7 installed FreeBSD 4.0, with XFree86-4.0, 
>=D7 XFree86-aoutlibs-3.3.3, and windowmaker-0.61.1.  Whenever i 
>=D7 try to startx, it fails with the following error message:
>=D7 
>=D7 Fatal server error:
>=D7 xf86OpenConsole: Server must be running with root permissions
>=D7 You should be using Xwrapper to start the server or xdm.
>=D7 We strongly advise against making the server SUID root!
>=D7 
>=D7 now, this is obviosly some sort of permissions error, as i 
>=D7 can startx with sudo and as root, but not as any other user 
>=D7 on my box.  i've tried using Xwrapper, and xdm, but to no 
>=D7 avail.  what am i doing wrong?  thanx in advance for your help.
>=D7 
>=D7 also, a side note, what is the difference between 
>=D7 windowmaker-0.61.1 and windowmaker-i18n-0.61.1?  what are the 
>=D7 i18n extensions?  thanx again.
>=D7 
>=D7 -=3Df=3D- 
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