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Date:      Sat, 13 May 2000 20:47:11 -0400
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        Jonathan Belson <jon@dookie.demon.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problem with X after 3.4 -> 4.0
Message-ID:  <20000513204710.B48538@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <391DED92.8A961AE2@dookie.demon.co.uk>; from jon@dookie.demon.co.uk on Sun, May 14, 2000 at 12:04:34AM %2B0000
References:  <391DED92.8A961AE2@dookie.demon.co.uk>

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On Sun, May 14, 2000 at 12:04:34AM +0000, Jonathan Belson wrote:
> Hiya
> 
> 
> Since I upgraded my 3.4-RELEASE to 4.0-RELEASE, I've had some problems
> starting X.
> When I type 'startx' or 'xinit' I get the error
> 
> AUthentication failed - cannot start X server
> Perhaps you do not have console ownership?
> 
> As root I get
> 
> Xwrapper: no modules loaded for 'xserver' service.
> 
> The only way I can start X is by typing 'X' as root, then running an
> xterm via my user account.
> 
> ANy idea what the problem is?

Did you rebuild X at some point? Did you build X with PAM support?
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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