[Newbie]Starting X as a non root user

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Leon Botes wrote:
> 
> I have installed X4.2. It is working fine with startx as root by as any
> other user it reports :
> Fatal server error:
> xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root

this is a perms statement, the 's' attirbute must be applied to the
server(whatever that is).

> 
> Can anyone help with this problem

find the xf86OpenConsole, find the above error text, find
what its doing just above that, set suid to that object.

vague, but i hope it elps, jackc...
> 
> X 3.3.6 was originally installed. X4.2 was then installed from the ports
> tree. BSD version 4.5 cvsup tags 4_ was run prior to X upgrade
> 
> Thanks in advance.
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