I don't know if you got this the first time, so here is my response
again:
I had the exact same problem on virtually the exact same system. The
way I got into X as a non-root user is through xdm.
First, copy the .xinitrc from root's home to the other user's directory.
All that is in my .xinitrc file anyway is "exec startkde", yours might
be different
Log in as root, and type xdm
You will get the X login screen, login as the normal user and you should
be in.
You can have it so that xdm starts everytime FBSD boots by editing the
/etc/ttys file
On the line where it says:
ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure
Change the "off" to "on"
Hope this helps
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
Behalf Of David Loszewski
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 10:47 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Newbie]XFree86 hates non root users!!! plz help!!
Also...I ran xwrapper in as a different user and it did come up with the
cross hatch, ideas?
Dave
David Loszewski wrote:
> Should be installed, I did a 'locate xwrapper' and it showed it in the
> X11R6 dir
>
> Dave
>
>
> Brendhan Horne wrote:
>
>> Did you install xwrapper?
>> Brendhan
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Loszewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 12:09 AM
>> Subject: [Newbie]XFree86 hates non root users!!! plz help!!
>>
>>
>>> k, I've gone through all the steps and I can't start up X windows
as
>>> any other user but root. I can start it up fine as root, but if I
>>> try it
>>> using a diff user it gives me problems. Can someone help plz?
Here's
>>> the error log:
>>> ===========================================================
>>>
>>> XFree86 Version 4.1.0 / X Window System
>>> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
>>> Release Date: 2 June 2001
>>> If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
>>> newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
>>> reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
>>> Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE i386 [ELF]
>>> Module Loader present
>>> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Dec 6 00:07:12
2001
>>> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
>>> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>>> (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>>> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??)
unknown.
>>> (==) ServerLayout "XFree86 Configured"
>>> (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
>>> (**) | |-->Monitor "My Monitor"
>>> (**) | |-->Device "ATI|Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x"
>>> (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
>>> (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
>>> (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
>>> (**) XKB: layout: "us"
>>> (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
>>> (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/speedo/" does not
exist.
>>> Entry deleted from font path.
>>> (**) FontPath set to
>>>
>>
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11
R6/l
>>
>> ib/X11/fonts/CID/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/
>>
>>> X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,unix/:7100"
>>> (==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>>> (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
>>> (II) xf86ReadBIOS(f8000, e80, Buf, 2)-> 41 00 20
>>> fb...http://www.mozilla.org/
>>>
>>> Fatal server error:
>>> xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root
>>>
>>>
>>> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
>>> the full server output, not just the last messages.
>>> This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
>>> Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>>
>>> ===========================================================
>>>
>>> thx,
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
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