XFree86 hates non root users!!! plz help!!!

[David Loszewski]

X does point to XFree86, and what you mean it wasn't installed suid 
root? I installed it as root and when I do ls -l to X I get this:

sickness# ls -l X
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  7 Dec  5 00:53 X -> XFree86

wouldn't that mean that it is installed as root? If not how can I fix it 
so it is installed as suid root or how would I create the link from X to 
Xwrapper?

Dave

mike ledoux wrote:

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>On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 05:40:33PM -0500, David Loszewski wrote:
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>>I try to user 'startx' to start X Windows, it works when I try it in 
>>root but not when I try it under a different user.  If I type 'startx' 
>>which only has 'exec startkde' in the .xinitrc file it comes up with the 
>>error.  I tried typing just 'Xwrapper' and it comes up with the hatched 
>>screen so I know that Xwrapper is installed.
>>
>
>What does your 'X' symlink point to?  I'm not sure, but I don't think
>Xwrapper is used anymore in XFree86 4.1.0.   On all of my systems running
>XFree86 4.x, /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper is from the old RPM install of
>XFree86 3.x.  Removing it from the system entirely has no effect, both
>startx and XDM still work as expected.
>
>I'm guessing that /usr/X11R6/bin/X points to XFree86, and that XFree86
>wasn't installed suid root.  Since running Xwrapper manually seems to be
>working, you might be able to get away with just changing the X symlink
>to point to Xwrapper instead.
>
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