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Date:      Thu, 30 Aug 2001 07:25:30 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Dru <genisis@istar.ca>
To:        Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong <nchee_hoong@pacific.net.sg>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Unable to run startx
Message-ID:  <20010830071958.B30902-100000@x1-6-00-50-ba-de-36-33.kico1.on.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <3B8DCE2C.6060001@pacific.net.sg>

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On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong wrote:

> Hi
>     I manage to open X windows by  running startx  successfully whenever
> I login as superuser  but I can't do that if I login as normal end user .
>     What components  or configuration file should I configure if I want
>  normal end user able to run X windows as well . Please advise ....

cp /root/.xinitrc ~user/

where you substitute the word user for the username of the user you'd like
to configure. Or, if you'd like to configure all users as they are
created:

cp /root/.xinitrc /usr/share/skel/dot.xinitrc

Dru


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