Re: Can only run X as root

1998-07-31 Thread George R
On 07/30/98 at 11:55 AM, Frank Barknecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: X should be suid root and look like: $ ls -l /usr/bin/X11/X -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 4880 Jun 23 23:46 /usr/bin/X11/X ^ important Something must have messed up your setup, maybe you could try to set X back with a

Can only run X as root

1998-07-30 Thread George R
Well, I managed to get X to run, but only as root. I've read manpages and howto's until my eyes have crossed. When I try xdm as a user I get the message only root wants to run xdm. If I try startx I get a message unable to open consol. I've checked X, xdm, and startx all three are -rwxr-xr-x.

Re: Can only run X as root

1998-07-30 Thread Frank Barknecht
George R hat gesagt: // George R wrote: Well, I managed to get X to run, but only as root. I've read manpages and howto's until my eyes have crossed. When I try xdm as a user I get the message only root wants to run xdm. If I try startx I get a message unable to open consol. I've

RE: Can only run X as root

1998-07-30 Thread Steve Rothanburg
George R hat gesagt: // George R wrote: Well, I managed to get X to run, but only as root. I've read manpages and howto's until my eyes have crossed. When I try xdm as a user I get the message only root wants to run xdm. If I try startx I get a message unable to open consol. I've