Re: startx fails as non-root user

[Matthieu Herrb]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Doug Milam doug_mi...@yahoo.com wrote:
 I'm sorry I cannot reproduce the output here,

You should. Capturing startx output is easy:

startx  startlx.log 21

and then the output is there...

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.

This may be the case if for some reason X crashed so badly that it
couln't clean up its lock files. Before trying the above command,
remove /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 and /tmp/.X0-lock if any of those files
exists.

That will allow you to see the reason why X crashed the 1st time.

 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

The suggestion that the permissions on /tmp are not 1777 made by Bob
may be correct.

 There are others I cannot even remember in paraphrase, unfortunaly

Unfortunatly this is a very bad attitude. If you expect peope to make
some effort to diagnose your problem and help you, please start by
making some efforts too and provide precise facts.

 That said, I have no problem with startx as root. My non-root user is
already added to group wheel, if that is notable.

Also what are the permissions on /usr/X11R6/bin/Xorg (ls -l output).
If you've installed the X sets manually after the initial install, you
may have forgotten the 'p' flag to tar, and thus have lost the setuid
bit on the way.
--
Matthieu Herrb

Re: startx fails as non-root user

[Doug Milam]

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 b...@ualberta.ca wrote:

 From: Bob Beck
b...@ualberta.ca
 Subject: Re: startx fails as non-root user
 To: Doug
Milam doug_mi...@yahoo.com
 Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 12:57 PM

Smells like permission problems on
 your mfs /tmp
 
 
 2009/9/25 Doug
Milam doug_mi...@yahoo.com:
  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.