Thanks; I'll work with that. Incidentally, my use of mfs for /tmp was so that ports would compile faster... perhaps I should stick to packages!
--- On Fri, 9/25/09, Bob Beck <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bob Beck <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: startx fails as non-root user > To: "Doug Milam" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 12:57 PM > Smells like permission problems on > your mfs /tmp > > > 2009/9/25 Doug Milam <[email protected]>: > > I'm sorry I cannot reproduce the output here, but when > I "startx" as a non-root user on my 4.5/amd64/bsd.mp box > (not -stable, but the stock install), several errors are > displayed (in paraphrase): > > > > 1. "X is already running on the console" -- though I > have just logged in after a reboot. > > 2. "Can't create /tmp/<some-file>" -- /tmp is > mounted as mfs under swap, like so: > > swap /tmp mfs rw,nodev,nosuid,-s=153600 0 0 > > > > There are others I cannot even remember in paraphrase, > unfortunately. > > > > That said, I have no problem with "startx" as root. My > non-root user is already added to group wheel, if that is > notable. > > > > Thanks.
