Re: startx problem with more_control_and_pkg_man

2006-12-24 Thread Arden
I had gotten it figured out after reading Leo Peschier's reply. On Dec 23, 2006, at 6:39 PM, Leo Peschier wrote: > Has the X-server got the setuid root bit set? > If not, X might not have priviliges to move the log-file. > Leo. On Dec 24, 2006, at 12:41 AM, Matthias B. wrote: > Check the output

Re: startx problem with more_control_and_pkg_man

2006-12-24 Thread mantiz
Hello Arden, I use the more_control_and_pkg-system too and had the same problem. :) You have to change the owner of the executable Xorg to root and set the SUID bit. chown root /path/to/Xorg/bin/Xorg chmod u+s /path/to/Xorg/bin/Xorg Sunday, December 24, 2006, 1:41:26 AM, you wrote: A> Using t

Re: startx problem with more_control_and_pkg_man

2006-12-24 Thread Matthias B.
On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:41:26 -0800 Arden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Check the output of list_suspicious_files_from it should give you a detailed list of all files that have suspicious permissions, including setuid and setgid binaries (provided you use the user=group scheme, so that the files h

Re: startx problem with more_control_and_pkg_man

2006-12-23 Thread john q public
Arden wrote: >On Dec 23, 2006, at 6:39 PM, Leo Peschier wrote: > > > >>Rick Shelton wrote: >> >> >>>On 12/23/06, Arden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Using the more_control_and_pkg* system I am having trouble starting x. Fatal server error: Cannot move old log fil

Re: startx problem with more_control_and_pkg_man

2006-12-23 Thread Arden
On Dec 23, 2006, at 7:17 PM, Arden wrote: > I am sure it is a permission issue I missed somewhere. Where is the X- > server called from? > Is that /etc/X11/xserver/sh, there are a lot of files in /etc/X11/ > xserver or usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver? > Pardon my ignorance, I feel I should know this. A

Re: startx problem with more_control_and_pkg_man

2006-12-23 Thread Arden
On Dec 23, 2006, at 6:39 PM, Leo Peschier wrote: > Rick Shelton wrote: >> On 12/23/06, Arden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Using the more_control_and_pkg* system I am having trouble >>> starting x. >>> Fatal server error: >>> Cannot move old log file ("var/log/Xorg.0.log" to "var/log/Xorg. >>>

Re: startx problem with more_control_and_pkg_man

2006-12-23 Thread Leo Peschier
Rick Shelton wrote: > On 12/23/06, Arden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Using the more_control_and_pkg* system I am having trouble starting x. >> Fatal server error: >> Cannot move old log file ("var/log/Xorg.0.log" to "var/log/Xorg. >> 0.log.old") >> >> I have tried changing owner, group,and write

Re: startx problem with more_control_and_pkg_man

2006-12-23 Thread Rick Shelton
On 12/23/06, Arden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Using the more_control_and_pkg* system I am having trouble starting x. > Fatal server error: > Cannot move old log file ("var/log/Xorg.0.log" to "var/log/Xorg. > 0.log.old") > > I have tried changing owner, group,and write permissions of the log > fil

startx problem with more_control_and_pkg_man

2006-12-23 Thread Arden
Using the more_control_and_pkg* system I am having trouble starting x. Fatal server error: Cannot move old log file ("var/log/Xorg.0.log" to "var/log/Xorg. 0.log.old") I have tried changing owner, group,and write permissions of the log files to Xorg but I get the same error message. Can someone