Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 20:28:58 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?q?=D8=2EW=2ET?= <orjan@mirach.no> To: "Christopher T. Jewett" <ctjewett@onebox.com>, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need help with Xwindows Message-ID: <20011023183014.726898DB7@mail.broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20011023182349.RFJI16495.mta10.onebox.com@onebox.com> References: <20011023182349.RFJI16495.mta10.onebox.com@onebox.com>
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whats your system securety and is your user accounts in the wheel group ? im thinking the X will only start if you have it in a wheel group, and not in a regular group shuch as [username] that is probley where the problem is try adding your account to the wheel group then restart the X server ;) On Tuesday 23 October 2001 20:23, Christopher T. Jewett wrote: > I'm still having this same problem. I can run X great as root, but trying > to run it from my other accounts fails ever time with the same message. > BTW, FYI, I used /stand/sysinstall 's package file for XFree86 4.1.0. > I'm sure there's just a simple setting that has to be corrected in the > /etc/X11 directory, but which it is, I haven't the faintest idea. Does > anyone have any suggestions for us? > > Chris > > ---- L C <boricuafolife@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I am new to X windows and after installation I try to > > start x windows > > and this is what I get, when I type startx I get: > > > > xauth:creating new authority file /home/b/.xauthority > > xauth:(argv):1: bad display name ":0" in "add" command > > > > Fatal server error > > cannot open log file "/var/log/xfree86.0.log" > > > > xinit:no such file or directory(errno2): unable to > > connect to xserver > > xinit:no such process(errno3): server error > > > > > > HELP ME!!!!!!! > > > > P.S. I carefully installed Xwindows but is this > > telling me that I > > didn't? > > > > HELP! HELP! HELP! > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > > http://personals.yahoo.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > __________________________________________________ > FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. > Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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