Re: Getting X to run as a normal user
On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 02:38:23PM +, Rich Harran. wrote: : /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc: /dev/null: permission denied : : repeated three times. Apparently, /dev/null doesn't have the proper permissions. Issue a 'chmod 666 /dev/null' and try again. You might have problems with other programs too, right? I've seen systems with bad permissions on /dev/null before, but I don't know what causes it. bye, -Remco
Getting X to run as a normal user
I one of those people who've moved from windows, and use their computers as a single user. Thus I've always done everything as root. I'm finally trying to get out of this habit, but it's not so easy once everything is set up. I'm having problems getting X running properly as a normal user: it loads up, but the window manger / xterm don't appear. I exit it using <<->, and get the error: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc: /dev/null: permission denied repeated three times. I originally had no .Xsession in root or in the home of the normal user, but I sym-linked .Xsession in the user directory to .Xsession in /etc/X11, to no avail (same errors). Please help TIA Rich.
