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Date:      Sat, 27 Oct 2001 20:22:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Scott Nolde <scott@smnolde.com>
To:        Noel Balansag <pongkee@fibertel.com.ar>
Cc:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: user cannot use X window
Message-ID:  <20011027202025.N17576-100000@bsd.smnolde.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20011025234822.007a7100@pop.fibertel.com.ar>

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After you install Xwrapper, make the following ${HOME}/.xserverrc file:
#!/bin/sh
Xdepth="-bpp 16"        #YBPPMV

if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper ] ; then
        exec /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper -auth $HOME/.Xauthority ${Xdepth}
else
        exec X -auth $HOME/.Xauthority ${Xdepth}
fi

- Scott

smacked into the keyboard previously by owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG:

 >Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 23:48:22 -0300
 >From: Noel Balansag <pongkee@fibertel.com.ar>
 >To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
 >Subject: user cannot use X window
 >
 >Hi.
 >
 >How do i set/get the Xwrapper so i can use X in ordinary user mode? X works
 >fine in root, but I don't want to use X that way. Too risky.
 >
 >I updated X from 3.3.6 to 4.1.0, using the script Xinstall.sh that came
 >with all the binaries that i downloaded from xfree86.org, and now I cannot
 >use the X window system.
 >
 >Would appreciate all the help.
 >
 >Thanks.
 >
 >
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