The permissions on your server are wrong. I haven't really
been paying attention to how this stuff works these days and
there are security implications of doing it incorrectly.
A solution, though undoubtedly the wrong one is to, as root do:
chmod +s /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree
Mark.
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, MALKIAT BENIPAL wrote:
>
> Sir,
>
> While logging as a user and issuing the command as startx I get the following error
> over RH 7.3. I would like to add that I am able to run startx as root user but not
> as a other user. I am also able to run startx in graphical mode ie. runlevel 5 but
> not in runlevel 3 (text mode login)
>
> Please help me a solution to get rid of this problem.
>
> The error goes like this while issuing startx as stated above :
>
> Fatel Server error :
>
> can not open log file "var/log/Xfree86.0.log"
>
> When reporting the problem related to the server crash, please send the
>
> full report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> giving up
>
> Xinit : no such file or directory (error 2 ) : unable to connect to X server
>
> Xinit : no such process (error 3) : server error.
>
> Regards,
>
> Malkiat
>
>
>
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