Re: can't run X unless root

1998-04-01 Thread Hoe-Teck Wee
Hello. I'm not sure if this'd solve the problem, but note the error message .. the server must be suid root. [hoeteck@home hoeteck]$ ls -al /usr/X11R6/bin/XF* -rws--x--x 1 root root 1895996 Nov 5 23:52 /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3V Try the same command, and check if your server is indeed

Re: can't run X unless root

1998-03-31 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
I have same problem i thin we should post it on the hurricane list. msd Shane French wrote: > Sorry, forgot to mention that this when I've just installed RedHat 5.0 > on a 486 with 16M ram...So here's the problem again,(oops). > > Has anyone had trouble running X when not root. As a non root u

Re: can't run X unless root

1998-03-31 Thread Alfonso Barreto Lopez
I think you have running the xdm programa, try to run "killall xdm" as root, hope this is the problem. __ Alfonso Barreto Lopez Inst. de Inv. de Matematicas U.N.A.M On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Shane French wrote: > Sorry,

can't run X unless root

1998-03-31 Thread Shane French
Sorry, forgot to mention that this when I've just installed RedHat 5.0 on a 486 with 16M ram...So here's the problem again,(oops). Has anyone had trouble running X when not root. As a non root user I get a server crash with the following output (in its entirety) but no X: -