Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 10:45:31 +0300 From: Igor Roboul <igorr@sysadm.stc> To: Aniruddha Bohra <bohra@cs.rutgers.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting X for non root users Message-ID: <20020208074531.GA21558@sysadm.stc> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0202080233140.5732-100000@monday.rutgers.edu> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0202080233140.5732-100000@monday.rutgers.edu>
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On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 02:37:26AM -0500, Aniruddha Bohra wrote: > > Hello > I have been trying to get X to work for non root users but have > failed on FreeBSD 4.4. > > In any case Xwrapper does not work even for root, but startx works(so > there is nothing wrong with the X configuration). > > Xwrapper just starts a gray screen and sits there. > > xdm/kdm both show the initial screen, take login and passwd > if login is incorrect, they say login failed > however, if correct login is provided, the server restarts. Does user's .xsession is executable? I never had any X starting problems with FreeBSD. I had never used Xwrapper, and on all my FreeBSD machines X11 just works (with some X11server related configurations of course) -- Igor Roboul, System administrator at Speech Technology Center http://www.speechpro.com http://www.speechpro.ru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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