On Fri, 15 May 1998, Joseph Martin wrote:
> I installed XFree86 yesterday and set it up. I can run X through the
> "startx" command as root and everything works great. HOWEVER, when I
> attempt to run X as a normal user it doesn't work. The X server starts,
> but the Window manager (fvwm) doesn't start. Because the window manager
> doesn't start the X server quickly shuts down.
>
> I just changed init to run level 4 (X) and was able to login as myself and
> run programs with no problem. Therefore the trouble seems to be starting X
> from the command line without changing runlevels. If anyone has any clue
> why the window manager will start as root, but not as a regular user
> please let me know.
At a run-level other than 4, login as a non-root user and run this
command:
startx &> output.log
Then, after X crashes as usual, look in the file output.log for errors
etc.
/* Brian Rogers, professional geek, coffee achiever */
