>>>>> "S" == Stefan Roters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
S> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
S> Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 13:08:59 +0200 (MEST)

S> Hello,

S> I have updated my FreeBSD 4.5 to Xfree86 4.2 using Xinstall.sh!

S> Now, I can't use startx at my user account. I always receive the
S> fatal server error: Xf86OpenConsole: Server must be running with
S> root permissions. How can I solve this problem?

Most simple way is to find where your Xserver routine resides 
( usually it's /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 ) and make it set-uid root, i.e.:

# chmod u+s /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86



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