On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 02:01:36PM -0800, Phil Newcombe wrote:
> Tim DeBoer wrote:
>
> > Hi Folks,
> > I can't start an X session as my regular user,(everything runs just fine
> > as root though), I get the following error:
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > Cannot open log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log"
> >
>
> Just a thought from another newbie, what about just creating the file
> before you try startx?
>
> touch /var/log/XFree86.0.log
>
> pn
>
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What OS are you running this on? In order to open the logfile,
/var/log/XFree86.0.log, you're going to need the correct permissions,
usually root. There is an executable, Xwrapper, on most systems that
allows a non-root user to run X. Check /usr/X11R6/bin for this file.
Ian
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